Depeche Mode Quotes:

When Depeche Mode put out a single you knew that a week later you could go and buy the 12" and it would have six versions and they were all better.

- Rob Brown

source: "Autechre". Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. February 18, 2008.

topic: Six, Week, Depeche Mode

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed was a father.

- LL Cool J

source: Song: Father, Album: Phenomenon

topic: Father, Reality, Needed, Depeche Mode

You can't change the world But you can change the facts And when you change the facts You change points of view If you change points of view You may change a vote And when you change a vote You may change the world

- Austin O'Malley

topic: Views, Voting, Facts, Depeche Mode

I think Depeche Mode music somehow appeals to the oddball, to the person who is looking for something a little bit different.

- Dave Gahan

source: Interview with Chloë Sevigny, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 6, 2009.

topic: Thinking, Different, Littles, Oddballs, Depeche Mode

I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and someone who went on to join The Cure. That was all in one class of 30 kids.

- Alison Moyet

topic: School, Kids, Class, Depeche Mode

Anything Vince Clarke, whether it's Erasure, Yaz, or Depeche Mode. It's basically R&B with synths. It's very sexy music and perfect for gay sex.

- Margaret Cho

source: "Margaret Cho on why Yello’s “Oh Yeah” reminds her of sex clubs and John Hughes". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. March 2, 2016.

topic: Sexy, Gay, Perfect, Depeche Mode

Just as the blurring between childhood and adulthood has produced the kidult, so the stretching of middle into old age has fostered another peculiar chimera: septuagenarians with apoptosis sporting the depeche mode.

- Will Self

source: "You're Looking Very Well by Lewis Wolpert - review" by Will Self, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2011.

topic: Childhood, Age, Peculiar, Chimera, Depeche Mode

I've been fascinated by music for as long as I can remember. I was the kid on the playground in the third grade who would tell other kids about Paul Simon or Depeche Mode.

- Josh Groban

topic: Kids, Long, Remember, Depeche Mode

As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo project. I'm not a very prolific songwriter, so I keep those for Depeche Mode.

- Martin Gore

topic: Song, Thinking, Projects, Depeche Mode

There are Depeche Mode parties around the world where people listen to our music all night long. The more remixes we can give them, the more interesting those nights have got to be.

- Martin Gore

topic: Party, Night, Giving, Depeche Mode, Remix

I don't know if I was a poseur - I really did love metal, always - but I gave a lot of other things a chance. I wanted to meet, um, girls, so I would check out Depeche Mode. But mostly I wanted stuff with pentagrams and crowns of thorns on it.

- Brian Posehn

source: "Random Rules: Brian Posehn". Interview with Jason Heller, www.avclub.com. October 2, 2006.

topic: Girl, Crowns, Thorns, Depeche Mode, Pentagrams

I'd like to find a creative way to write a book that incorporates every Depeche Mode song ever.

- David Crabb

source: Source: www.salon.com

topic: Song, Book, Writing, Depeche Mode

I tend to listen to the artists that originally inspired me to start playing music in the first place, because there is a multitude of wisdom that can be gained by bands like Black Sabbath, Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd and the Cure. I think if we were to pay close attention to what's on the radio right now then we'd lose our identity entirely.

- Jason C. Miller

source: Source: puregrainaudio.com

topic: Artist, Thinking, Black, Depeche Mode, Black Sabbath

In their heyday, the Pet Shop Boys were the Interpol of the Eighties, dressing up to sing really weird pop songs about lust and loneliness in the big city. They're low-pro now, not retro-worshipped in the manner of Depeche Mode, New Order, or The Cure, but you can hear the reason why - these guys are too sad.

- Rob Sheffield

topic: Song, Loneliness, Boys, Depeche Mode, Pop Song