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.
Martin Gore

Anything that I write comes from the soul.
Martin Gore

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

I didn't write songs for a very long time.
Martin Gore

I'm not particularly prolific.
Martin Gore

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

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.
Martin Gore

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.
Martin Gore