There's always this weird dark humor within a lot of Depeche Mode songs that people miss, tongue-in-cheek and also very British.
Dave GahanYou have a tendency to just remember the bad times and bad moments. I think that often it's the way of life. Yet the rewards we got from it were fantastic and we played a lot of shows to sellout audiences in I don't know how many cities. I just think we didn't realise how insane it was until we were actually right in the middle of it and couldn't stop. We just couldn't stop.
Dave GahanReally, what I'm always drawn to is the voice - PJ Harvey , Bjรถrk . If the voice interests me, then I'm interested to listen to what's happening.
Dave GahanThe thing about Depeche songs is that theyโre so descriptive. For me, they tell some kind of story about a character whoโs trying to redeem himself or to find something to believe in-some kind of faith or hope.
Dave GahanI was actually grateful for being arrested, for the judge that promised me that I would go to prison if I didn't stay clean, because I listened to him and something clicked. Those two years when we were making album "Ultra" and I had to go back and forth to court to prove to the judge that I'd stayed clean, it gave me this time to suddenly realize, "Oh, I can do this, I can crawl my way back, I can get better. And I do want to be here."
Dave Gahan