Quotes by Martin Gore

About Martin Gore:

Martin Lee Gore is an English singer songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, producer, remixer, and DJ. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode and has written the majority of their songs. His work now spans over three decades. Gore's best-known compositions include hits such as "Personal Jesus", "Enjoy the Silence", "Stripped","It's No Good", "In Your Room", "I Feel You", "People Are People","Precious","A Question of Time", "Policy Of Truth", "Everything Counts", "Behind the Wheel", "Shake the Disease", "Never Let Me Down Again" and many more.
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Anything that I write comes from the soul.

Martin Gore

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.

Martin Gore

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.

Martin Gore

I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth.

Martin Gore

I don't like to think 10 years down the road.

Martin Gore

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.

Martin Gore

There haven't been many credible electronic covers records.

Martin Gore

There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records.

Martin Gore

You make one solo album, and some people swear you're about to leave the band or there are creative differences.

Martin Gore

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.

Martin Gore

I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans.

Martin Gore

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...

Martin Gore

The majority of the time I'm at home with my family, I play football three times a week.

Martin Gore

There's something insane about this business - about the cycle of making albums and going on tour to promote them.

Martin Gore

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.

Martin Gore

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.

Martin Gore

When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, when it's really open and bare. You can often mislead yourself if you start with computers and samples and programming because you can disguise a bad song.

Martin Gore

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.

Martin Gore

God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.

Martin Gore

If you took music out of my life, I don't know what I'd do. It's the one thing that I have a real passion for.

Martin Gore

I didn't write songs for a very long time.

Martin Gore

Author Bio

  • NameMartin Gore
  • DescriptionBritish musician
  • BornJuly 23, 1961
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Songwriter; Composer