--- title: "15 You Quotes By Dave Gahan" description: "15 You quotes by Dave Gahan. Plus more from Dave Gahan and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/dave-gahan-12798_ages_you-re-only-going-to-get-surface-with-me_2784770.jpg" --- > [You're only going to get surface with me. It takes me ages to warm up to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/you-re-only-going-to-get-surface-with-me-it-takes-me-ages-to-warm-up/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/dave-gahan-12798_ages_you-re-only-going-to-get-surface-with-me_2784770.jpg) > [If you stick around long enough, you're going to become fashionable eventually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/if-you-stick-around-long-enough-you-re-going-to-become-fashionable/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/dave-gahan-12798_around_if-you-stick-around-long-enough-you-re-g_1722546.jpg) > [I always played around with writing songs, but when you're spending a lot of time in bars, you have a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/i-always-played-around-with-writing-songs-but-when-you-re-spending-a/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/dave-gahan-12798_always_i-always-played-around-with-writing-song_1585573.jpg) > [I think there's a great strength in having the courage and also having the support to do what you want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/i-think-there-s-a-great-strength-in-having-the-courage-and-also/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/dave-gahan-12798_also_i-think-there-s-a-great-strength-in-havi_1529958.jpg) > [It takes a long time to find your own voice. Along the way, you imitate all the things that influence you -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/it-takes-a-long-time-to-find-your-own-voice-along-the-way-you-imitate/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/dave-gahan-12798_along_it-takes-a-long-time-to-find-your-own-vo_3034591.jpg) > [If you ask me who the members of the Rolling Stones or Led Zep or the Clash were, I'd be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/if-you-ask-me-who-the-members-of-the-rolling-stones-or-led-zep-or-the/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/dave-gahan-12798_able_if-you-ask-me-who-the-members-of-the-rol_2464200.jpg) > [Making a record with 'Depeche Mode' is not a simple process. It's quite complicated and long. We have the luxury of time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/making-a-record-with-depeche-mode-is-not-a-simple-process-it-s-quite/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/dave-gahan-12798_a-good-thing_making-a-record-with-depeche-mode-is-not_934530.jpg) > [You've got to put interesting people around you; you've got to work with people who are gonna inspire you to take the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/you-ve-got-to-put-interesting-people-around-you-you-ve-got-to-work/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/dave-gahan-12798_around_you-ve-got-to-put-interesting-people-aro_2435236.jpg) > [Joy comes from places you least expect it. Its usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/joy-comes-from-places-you-least-expect-it-its-usually-the-simple/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/dave-gahan-12798_basketball_joy-comes-from-places-you-least-expect-i_1150188.jpg) > [The whole 'serious artist' thing is very damaging. The powers that be will steer you towards your own demise. One thing I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/the-whole-serious-artist-thing-is-very-damaging-the-powers-that-be/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/dave-gahan-12798_anybody_the-whole-serious-artist-thing-is-very-d_2016119.jpg) > [Growing up in a band is weird - you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/growing-up-in-a-band-is-weird-you-get-stuck-hanging-on-to-what-it-is/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/dave-gahan-12798_accomplished_growing-up-in-a-band-is-weird-you-get-st_3087104.jpg) > [There has to be an interaction of musicians on stage. Otherwise I feel too alone up there. When performing is really good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/there-has-to-be-an-interaction-of-musicians-on-stage-otherwise-i-feel/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/dave-gahan-12798_alone_there-has-to-be-an-interaction-of-musici_726510.jpg) > [There isn't an amount of money you could offer me to do reality TV. I would rather get my job back on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/there-isn-t-an-amount-of-money-you-could-offer-me-to-do-reality-tv-i/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/dave-gahan-12798_amount_there-isn-t-an-amount-of-money-you-could_2303631.jpg) > [I'm a little jaded when it comes to certain kinds of music. I'm much more drawn to a vocalist than what's going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/i-m-a-little-jaded-when-it-comes-to-certain-kinds-of-music-i-m-much/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/dave-gahan-12798_back_i-m-a-little-jaded-when-it-comes-to-cert_1615280.jpg) > ['Presence of God' is really that understanding that sometimes when you step out of your own shoes and just open your ears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/presence-of-god-is-really-that-understanding-that-sometimes-when-you/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/dave-gahan-12798_answers_presence-of-god-is-really-that-understan_2592917.jpg) ## Other authors on You ## More by Dave Gahan > [I have to feel the audience. I enjoy that feeling of community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/i-have-to-feel-the-audience-i-enjoy-that-feeling-of-community/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [The possibilities are endless now, with performing, getting your music online, getting your own website and getting your music out there. I think that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/the-possibilities-are-endless-now-with-performing-getting-your-music/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [I really believe that the more distractions and fixes I remove from my life, the better I'll feel about myself. The biggest of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/i-really-believe-that-the-more-distractions-and-fixes-i-remove-from/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [In the early to mid-'90s, everywhere I turned, someone had died. It wasn't just people in bands. It was the people I was hanging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/in-the-early-to-mid-90s-everywhere-i-turned-someone-had-died-it-wasn/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [To me, it's always been a challenge to look for the light: to look for those spaces in your heart where there is hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/to-me-it-s-always-been-a-challenge-to-look-for-the-light-to-look-for/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [There's that side of me that wants to be the loving, caring father, and there's the other side of me that's just a dirty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/there-s-that-side-of-me-that-wants-to-be-the-loving-caring-father-and/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [I'm not that type of musician where I can sit down at the piano and work out a song; I actually really enjoy that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/i-m-not-that-type-of-musician-where-i-can-sit-down-at-the-piano-and/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [When I'm with the wife, and we're having a romantic night, I occasionally think about a glass of red wine, but I'll order a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/when-i-m-with-the-wife-and-we-re-having-a-romantic-night-i/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [There has to be an interaction of musicians on stage. Otherwise I feel too alone up there. When performing is really good, when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/there-has-to-be-an-interaction-of-musicians-on-stage-otherwise-i-feel/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [I go to a very visual place when I'm singing. It's very cinematic and I get this feeling of space. I love when music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/i-go-to-a-very-visual-place-when-i-m-singing-it-s-very-cinematic-and/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [Making a record with 'Depeche Mode' is not a simple process. It's quite complicated and long. We have the luxury of time. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/making-a-record-with-depeche-mode-is-not-a-simple-process-it-s-quite/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [I go to see some big shows of other bands, and I feel like I'm so bombarded and over-stimulated that I lose interest in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/i-go-to-see-some-big-shows-of-other-bands-and-i-feel-like-i-m-so/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [Joy comes from places you least expect it. Its usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/joy-comes-from-places-you-least-expect-it-its-usually-the-simple/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [New York is a great place to feel inspired all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/new-york-is-a-great-place-to-feel-inspired-all-the-time/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) > [L.A. is always great. There's something special about L.A. And New York, for me, because it's home. There's nothing quite like walking onstage at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/l-a-is-always-great-there-s-something-special-about-l-a-and-new-york/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/dave-gahan/#itemlist", "name": "15 You Quotes By Dave Gahan", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You're only going to get surface with me. 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