If you took music out of my life, I don't know what I'd do. It's the one thing that I have a real passion for.

- Martin Gore

I'm not advocating violence but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell.

- Martin Gore

Anything that I write comes from the soul.

- Martin Gore

When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.

- Martin Gore

I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.

- Martin Gore

I was born with the wrong sign In the wrong house With the wrong ascendancy I took the wrong road That led to The wrong tendencies I was in the wrong…

- Martin Gore

God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.

- Martin Gore

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.

- Martin Gore

I don't like to think 10 years down the road.

- Martin Gore