#k

You can only bite off so much, so you gotta know what you want to do. ↗

— Lesley Gore

#gotta #know #much #off #only

You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he's a capable human being and has great communication skills. ↗

— Lesley Gore

#being #capable #communication #communication skills #even

Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well. ↗

— Martin Gore

#boring #error #experimentation #hit #just

I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult. ↗

— Martin Gore

#difficult #find #five #german #girlfriend

I wasn't ever a massive David Essex fan, but I liked a few of his tracks, and Stardust was one of them. ↗

— Martin Gore

#ever #fan #few #his #i

Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions. ↗

— Martin Gore

#chosen #different #different directions #directions #i

Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks. ↗

— Martin Gore

#cinematic #film #got #into #music

People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song. ↗

— Martin Gore

#big #big break #break #death #exactly

Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. We know that more than 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders, most of them young women. ↗

— Tipper Gore

#dieting #disorders #eating #emphasis #know

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day. ↗

— Amy Tan

#age #almost #also #day #eight