Martin Gore Quotes

I understand that, but this disc shows the type of music that I've always liked and wanted to make.

My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band.

I've got wide tastes, but I don't like jazz.

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.

I've always been a fan of music. I listened to a whole lot of oldies - I never really listened to rap music that much.

When I was little, I used to listen to Lauryn Hill, so that's that hip-hop and R&B influence in me.

Being a fan of pop music and rock bands, I am a reluctant convert into the art of instrumental rock music.

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

My real musical discovery started when I was 10 with Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5, and acts that I connected with because they were young when they were doing it, like me. Then I kind of came into my own a couple of years later; I found new artists that shaped my musical landscape. For instance, Kings of Leon played a big part in that.

I have to say, I'm sort of always obsessed with Norah Jones. I just love her voice, but I don't really have an album - I have a playlist.

I'm not really into rap.

'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. is very catchy. I like that, but I listen to everything from rap to Lenny Kravitz to Coldplay, depending on my mood. And my favorite song of all time is 'Always and Forever' by Heatwave.

My favorite music isn't necessarily the songs that One Direction come out with. That doesn't mean to say I don't secretly really love some of our songs, which I do.

I'm more prone to his '70s material, which is what I was around for and watched a lot. I listen to a lot of that stuff. It probably influenced me quite a bit. I'm more drawn to the darker, sadder songs.

The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.

I don't really have a lot of hip-hop and all of that, so I have a lot of John Lennon. That's one that I really like, and The Clash, the Rolling Stones, groups that I think are kind of timeless.

From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing up, and that has influenced how I approached classical music. I'm sure of it.

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

I like Nirvana, but I couldn't say that I was influenced by them. I like to tell a story.

I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There was something about it, because nobody else played that kind of music.

Some people hate the remixes, some people think it's cool. If you don't like that type of music and just like rock, you probably won't like it. But if you are open to more things, you just might dig it.

I like to listen the blues and some classical.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

Every time I tried writing my own songs, they would come out very country. I couldn't fight it, and the more I listened to country music, the more I loved it, and it just became very natural.

I grew up loving classic rock music - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones - and then one day I heard 'Baby One More Time' on the radio and I thought 'What is this?' I was eight and it changed my life.