Genesis Quotes
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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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The outside world is black and white with only one color dead.
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There's a Slow Food movement. I think I'm part of the Slow Music movement.
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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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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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Studios always seem to be in basements without natural light and with black everything.
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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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And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.
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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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He taught me a lot about perseverance. Like, put that smile on and see where it takes you.
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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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Genesis fans are a religious group!
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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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As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.
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I was very happy to learn Oliver Stone had decided to make a film about Edward Snowden and believe this is a powerful and inspiring film.
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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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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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In some ways, I'm just a visual person.
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We've got to get in to get out.
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When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.
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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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Happy music that is genuinely joyful is probably the hardest music to write. I think miserable stuff is more natural to the human condition and maybe more cathartic.
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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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It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me.