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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.

Martin Gore

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Martin Gore
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 23
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London
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There's something insane about this business - about the cycle of making albums and going on tour to promote them.
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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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I live in Santa Barbara. My wife's American, and she lived in England for 11 years and then told me she'd had enough.
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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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England never felt claustrophobic for me at all. I think it would feel more difficult for me if I lived in mainland Europe. America I think is really easy because Los Angeles has film stars everywhere and musicians and Santa Barbara a lot of people have homes there even if they don't live there. You are kind of inconsequential, no one cares.
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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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I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.
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I love being in the studio. If I'm at home, I will go to the studio pretty much every day anyway. It's just something that I like to do.
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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 think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.
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More than accepted, it's encouraged for rock stars to be out of control.
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The only things we have to worry about are really stupid things.
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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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When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.
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I don't know if it's cool to say this anymore, but I grew up listening to Gary Glitter. A majority of his songs were in that shuffle-blues beat, and I think that's probably why I tend to write like that.
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I try to get a degree of realism in my music.
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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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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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Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.
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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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