I Always Hate Explaining Away Songs, Because

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.

When You First Sit Down To Write The First Song, Until You've Maybe Got Three Or Four Under Your Belt, It's Always, To Me, Like A Mountain To Climb. You Look At That One Blank Piece Of Paper And You Think, `god, How Many Songs Do I Have To Write Here?' It Always Feels Like Pressure.

I Wanted To Keep The Music Very Electronic, Very Filmic, And Give It An Almost Sci-fi Like Quality. Music Is A Necessity For Me. I Go Into The Studio At Least Five Days A Week, Every Week, So Once I Had The Idea And The Template, The Process Was Quick And Fun.

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.

England Never Felt Claustrophobic For Me At All. I Think It Would Feel More Difficult For Me If I Lived In Mainland Europe. America I Think Is Really Easy Because Los Angeles Has Film Stars Everywhere And Musicians And Santa Barbara A Lot Of People Have Homes There Even If They Don't Live There. You Are Kind Of Inconsequential, No One Cares.