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The only things we have to worry about are really stupid things.

Martin Gore

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Martin Gore
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 23
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
London
England
Martin Lee Gore
Martin L. Gore
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I try to get a degree of realism in my music.
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People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.
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Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs taking them in different directions.
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I find it odd seeing a DJ playing to huge audiences. I know that people have been doing it for a while, but the fact that it's been embraced so much in America now and it's become like this new, big thing, I find it slightly odd.
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I don't like to think 10 years down the road.
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I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow.
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If you go into the eastern bloc countries we are huge, and in Russia. Maybe there is something about the depressing nature of our music and lyrics that some people find an affinity with.
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I was born with the wrong sign In the wrong house With the wrong ascendancy I took the wrong road That led to The wrong tendencies I was in the wrong place At the wrong time For the wrong reason And the wrong rhyme On the wrong day Of the wrong week Used the wrong method With the wrong technique Wrong Wrong.
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I wasn't ever a massive David Essex fan, but I liked a few of his tracks, and Stardust was one of them.
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I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth.
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More than accepted, it's encouraged for rock stars to be out of control.
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There haven't been many credible electronic covers records.
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I didn't write songs for a very long time.
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As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo project. I'm not a very prolific songwriter, so I keep those for Depeche Mode.
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I'm not particularly prolific.
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I started getting back into buying old analog gear while we were recording. Lots of old drum machines and synths. It wasn't a conscious thing. I didn't consider myself a collector, but boxes of vintage gear would turn up virtually every day.
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For years, I was stuck behind a keyboard rig. When I started playing guitar onstage, it was a bit of a release - not to be stuck in one spot the whole night. It's really enjoyable having the freedom to move around. You just have to remember to end up somewhere near a microphone.
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If you repeat yourself, then I think you're in danger of losing that fan base, because if you're not interesting yourselves, you're not interesting your audience.
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I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.
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I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.
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