Martin Gore Thinking Quotations

I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.

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

I'm not advocating violence but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I don't think I ever worry too much about what our target audience is, what we should be releasing. I just write naturally and organically and try to write from the heart.