Quotes by Martin Gore - Page 2

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.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
Country
Depressing
People
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I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
Berlin
Difficult
Girlfriend
School
Singing
Two
Years
Studied
German
Find
Particularly
Slightly
Speaking
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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.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
Gary
Glitter
Majority
Song
Thinking
Writing
Anymore
Beat
Tend
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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.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
America
Facts
Odd
People
People Doing New
Audiences
Big Thing
People New Doing
Embraced
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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.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
Analog
Boxes
Buying
Conscious
Gears
Machines
Vintage
Myself Day Every Day
Collector
Drum
Gear
Virtually
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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 / Songwriter
Computers
Acoustic Guitar
Disguise
Guitar
Mislead
Programming
Song
Writing
Good Start Always
Acoustic
Bare
Samples
Test
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I wanted to keep the music very electronic, very filmic, and give it an almost sci-fi like quality. Music is a necessity for me. I go into the studio at least five days a week, every week, so once I had the idea and the template, the process was quick and fun.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
Fun
Giving
Ideas
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I've not worn a dress since about 1985. It always amazes me how there is still a fascination for it in England. The rest of the world doesn't seem to care. I'm not sure whether they don't remember or whether they've just moved on from it. I was brought up in the glam era.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
Fascination
Glam
Moved On
Worn
Amazes
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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.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
Enjoyable
Guitar
Moving
Night
Release
Stuck
Spot
Microphone
Near
Onstage
Rig
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When you first sit down to write the first song, until you've maybe got three or four under your belt, it's always, to me, like a mountain to climb. You look at that one blank piece of paper and you think, `God, how many songs do I have to write here?' It always feels like pressure.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
Song
Thinking
Writing
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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.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
House
Technique
Week
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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.
Martin Gore / Songwriter
Home
People
Thinking
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