Martin Gore Quotes

I'm crossing the EDM barrier.

I wouldn't call myself 'into the DJ scene.' I have friends who are DJs, like James Murphy. I was really into the DJ scene at his wedding. But generally, I'm not at the clubs. I've never been to a rave.

Dance music is so interchangeable. There's not a lot of face to it. It's a bunch of Dutch DJs with the same haircut.

I am associated with techno epics.

I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.

Holland is to dance music what Nashville is to country.

Electro is today's disco - making electronic music not for the sake of selling it but for sharing it and touring around the world D.J.-ing.

Even in America, we're not a huge act by any means, Major Lazer.

House music is the root of all electronic dance music.

I actually have been really influenced by dance music.

Some of my friends really rock out: Matt and Kim, Diplo, when RuPaul was performing. Beyonce... there's tons of people I saw perform and was like, 'I just want my crowd to be awesome like this!'

I'm releasing more music as Virtual Self, I'm definitely going to be touring Virtual Self.

My uncle, who gave me my first turntables when I was ten, also gave me records to mix, but I never understood house music. I thought it was boring until I was old enough to go to a club and feel it, the fact that it actually makes you just want to dance.

I'm all about Ibiza, dance. I'm a bit of a Tulisa kid to be honest.

I played with local bands and ended up touring with Scissor Sisters, Mylo, Alphabeat, and Calvin Harris. That somehow changed into DJ'ing.

We walk around Warped Tour all the time and I swear to you, kids are like, 'Hey, that looks like the guy from New Found Glory.'

I love '80s beats; everyone does.

I listen to a lot of twerk anthems.

In New York there used to be some very good clubs with amazing sound systems. Techno was part of the process.

One of the secrets is, for us, we pick our demographic. If other demographics want to like it, then by all means. But essentially, we're making music for the party, for the club.

Fewer and fewer bars are doing live music. Instead it's more DJs and dance parties.

Enter Shikari are a mash-up of everything. I used to really love dubstep when they first came out. They had those amazing basslines, so I loved going to the live shows.

We're huge fans of Kylie Minogue, Grimes, and artists who are doing more electronic music.

I was DJ'ing house music way back when - I'm not like a new house guy.

It's nice to be part of a film that will be watched by a large audience.