Martin Gore quotes

" When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy -- but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life. " # Bores and Boredom # Love # Writers and Writing

" I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow. " # Music # Life and Living # Poetry and Poets

" I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth. " # Vocation # Love # Life and Living

" Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well. " # Music # Bores and Boredom # Adversity

" Anything that I write comes from the soul. " # Writers and Writing

" Electronic music is the way to make music now if you want to make it sound current and do something interesting. " # Music # Mind # America

" I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different. " # Music # Love # Friends and Friendship

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

" I didn't write songs for a very long time. " # Writers and Writing # Love # Music

" I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me. " # Twentieth Century # Memory # Music