Depeche Mode Quotes

Dave Gahan: "I still hold on to the idea that a record can really change the way I feel."

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

Dave Gahan: "I have to feel the audience. I enjoy that feeling of community."

Andrew Fletcher: "I'm a musician but on the street nobody will recognize me."

Vince Clarke: "In my teens I loved Genesis when Gabriel was in the band, also later actually as well, I was a big Genesis fan."

Dave Gahan: "There's no more record stores. In New York I've watched them slowly disappear."

Andrew Fletcher: "As far as I'm concerned, you can call Depeche Mode also a corporation."

Vince Clarke: "I've got four copies of Dark Side Of The Moon, two of which are unopened."

Martin Gore: "Technology is a bit of a double-edged sword. Used right, it's a wonderful tool, but unfortunately, it makes it easier for a lot of mediocre people to get really crappy ideas out."

Vince Clarke: "A possibility to create a melody you will remember and sing inside in your soul. This is what music is for me, not the sound itself."

Martin Gore: "It was so exciting to go to the record shop and buy a piece of vinyl and hold it, read the liner notes, look at the pictures. Even the smell of the vinyl."

Dave Gahan: "What drives you is to make a great record. That's what still drives me."

Phil Collins Quotes

"I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit."

"I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I makes ends meet."

"I mean, I was called the ugliest man since George Orwell. What's that got to do with music? And, by the way, how ugly was George Orwell?"

"I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you've got to do now is sell about 10,000 singles and you're in the charts."

"There's a lot of stuff there that music critics just don't go for. To them, I'm some kind of landmark of middle-of-the-roadness, or I'm not edgy enough, or I've been around too long to be taken seriously."


"I don't own an Abba album and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about well crafted pop songs, they were fantastic."

(On Peter Gabriel) "As far as I'm concerned he is a far more intellectual writer and person than me, and I have a directness that maybe he hasn't. I love this man and his music very much."

"A lot of the older fans think that Genesis should be a brand name for progressive rock or whatever, but actually Genesis is the name for a group of songwriters who have always done whatever they felt like under that banner."

"I like a fair bit of what the Oasis do. They remind me of Beatles...a great band and I like being reminded of Beatles."

Famous Left-Handed Musicians

Paul McCartney: Bass guitarist and songwriter from The Beatles. His  Hofner bass is one of the most famous instruments in rock history.

Ringo Star: Drummer for The Beatles. Is left-handed but plays a right handed drum kit.

Dick Dale: King of the surf guitars, plays left-handed with the strings backward.

Jimi Hendrix: The most famous left-handed guitarist. Died in 1970.

Tony Iommi: Guitarist From Black Sabbath.

Phil Collins: Drummer for Genesis and solo superstar.

Iggy Pop: One time front man for The Stooges, later successful solo artist.

Bun E. Carlos: Drummer from the band Cheap Trick. Plays both left and right.

Elliot Easton: Guitarist from The Cars.

Kurt Cobain: Lead singer, Guitarist and main songwriter of the Seattle grunge rock band Nirvana. Died in 1994.