Martin Gore
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 four decades. Gore's best-known compositions include hits such as "Personal Jesus", "Enjoy the Silence", "Stripped", "It's No Good", "In Your Room", "Strangelove", "I Feel You", "People Are People", "Precious", "A Question of Time", "Policy of Truth", "Everything Counts", "Behind the Wheel", "Shake the Disease", "Never Let...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth23 July 1961
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.
I didn't expect us to be around after 25 years.
There haven't been many credible electronic covers records.
I wasn't ever a massive David Essex fan, but I liked a few of his tracks, and Stardust was one of them.
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.
I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans.
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.
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.
It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.
More than accepted, it's encouraged for rock stars to be out of control.
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.
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.
I knew at quite a young age that I had an issue with drinking.
God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.