Genesis Quotes
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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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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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The dream is a world in which anyone who has anything bad happen to them has a chance of getting their story uploaded, being seen, being watched.
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Holding still for a moment, what a moment this is, Oh for a moment of forgetting, a moment of bliss
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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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A record for us that sells 50,000 is a good record, and 100,000 is a serious hit.
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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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We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.
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Words, they climb all over you/'Til they uncover you From where you hide.
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There's a Slow Food movement. I think I'm part of the Slow Music movement.
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All of the buildings, all of those cars Were once just a dream In somebodys head.
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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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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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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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Genesis fans are a religious group!
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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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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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This is the beginning of what could be an interesting season, but it's just the beginning.
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There is no better example of the overreach of government than in environmental law.
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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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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 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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And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.
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Letting go, it's so hard The way it's hurting now To get this love untied So tough to stay with this thing 'cos if I follow through I face what I denied I'll get those hooks out of me And I'll take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side Kill that fear of emptiness, that loneliness I hide.