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Each thing leapfrogs. I do a Genesis project - like now, we're just finishing off an album - and then by the time the album is doing its thing, I could do nothing or I could do a film.
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I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things, I've brought into the new Tarzan songs. Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.
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And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.
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That's going to be on my headstone: 'He came. He wrote 'In the Air Tonight.' He... died.'
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There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.
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I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet.
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We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.
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If a musician dares to get out of the box he's been put in, people get confused. They want people where they can find them! I am fortunate in some respects as I've always been known as someone who 'moves around' and tries different things. But generally, we are supposed to stay where we're put.
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On the day of the show, I sit down with someone that speaks very good English and someone who speaks the local language very well and work out what I'm going to say.
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Genesis fans are a religious group!
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When we're touring America or Europe, we use our own plane and a great advantage of that is it cuts out an awful lot of time checking in. You literally drive up to the plane, get on and then drive off at the other end.
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Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.
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All I set out to do was to earn a living playing drums, you know? And as luck would have it, I've surpassed that.
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And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.
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It's always been easy with Mark, he's a rock fan and we speak the same language. He's a big Beatles fan too. We worked a lot via CLI calls, though only meeting up once every couple of months.
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I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before.
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I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.
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When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.
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As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.
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In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan - my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to Canada to be near her parents.
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It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me.
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I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me.
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You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment.
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I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.
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