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Martin Gore Biography

Martin Lee Gore (born 23 July 1961) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, producer, remixer, and DJ. He is one of the founding members of the band Depeche Mode, and has written the majority of their songs. His work spans over four decades. His best-known compositions include "Personal Jesus", "Enjoy the Silence", "Stripped", "It's No Good", "In Your Room", "Strangelove", "I Feel You", "People Are People", "Master and Servant", "Precious", "A Question of Time", "Policy of Truth", "Everything Counts", "Behind the Wheel", "Shake the Disease" and "Never Let Me Down Again".

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There are Depeche Mode parties around the world where people listen to our music all night long. The more remixes we can give them, the more interesting those nights have got to be.

Give, Listen, Long, Night, Parties, Party

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.

Angeles, Everywhere, Home, Los, People, Thinking

I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.

Darkness, Sides, Underground, Velvet

I knew at quite a young age that I had an issue with drinking.

Age, Drinking, Issues, Young

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.

Chosen, Different, Recording, Song, Trying

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.

Santa, Santa Barbara, Told, Wife, Years

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.

Angst, Meet, People, Surprised, Think, Thinking

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

Idea, Ideas, Jeans, Onstage, T Shirt

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.

Knows, Life, Music, Passion, Real

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

Atmosphere, Guitar, Piano, Sing, Sit

I didn't expect us to be around after 25 years.

Expect, Years

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.

House, Method, Technique, Time, Used, Week

When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.

Love, See, Song, Think, Write, Writing

There haven't been many credible electronic covers records.

Credible, Electronic, Havens, Records

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.

Beat, Grew, Song, Think, Thinking, Writing

Anything that I write comes from the soul.

Soul, Write, Writing

I want people to feel good about listening to this record, to get some kind of peace. It's just got something magical about it.

Feel Good, Kind, Listening, Magical, People, Record

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.

America, Become, Facts, People, Playing, Slightly

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.

Day, Home, Ifs, Like, Love, Studios

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.

Difficult, German, Girlfriend, School, Studied, Years

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