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I think one of the things about writing in the studio is that the song hasn't matured, if you like, so quite often the vocals are early attempts. Whereas once you've taken it out on the road a bit, you learn more about a song.
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'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a good time for me, because you do take a bit of a browbeating and, as you get older, you become better at accepting it and realizing why it happens.
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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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I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.
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I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.
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You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.
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In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches.
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Genesis fans are a religious group!
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I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.
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Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.
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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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Yes, I am aware that I have become a caricature. I've thought about this. Conceptually, what I'd like to do is the equivalent of writing myself out of the script.
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I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life.
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It took me three albums to get the confidence and to find out what I could do that made me different from other people. And the first record, really, was a process of trying.
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You have independent films and independent music, but you don't have independent theme parks - I think, in a way, Burning Man is as close, probably, as you get.
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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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The transition as far as our living conditions has been relatively easy. But as far as our mental state, I think everyone's suffering right now.
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There were 'big stars' at the Alamo! Bowie, Crockett! It is a huge political event because it, and the events at Goliad and San Jacinto, changed the look of a map of America. America would be a very different place if Texas had remained Mexican.
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All of the buildings, all of those cars Were once just a dream In somebodys head.
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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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And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.
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We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.
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A record for us that sells 50,000 is a good record, and 100,000 is a serious hit.
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It depends on the timing of the runoff as to how much they (water managers) can put in the reservoir.