Genesis Quotes
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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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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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They kept the place up so nice. They were out there all the time taking care of things.
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Genesis fans are a religious group!
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The outside world is black and white with only one color dead.
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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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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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As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.
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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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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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We've got to get in to get out.
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Studios always seem to be in basements without natural light and with black everything.
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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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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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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 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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The industry does have some influence on who gets other awards. With the Mercury Prize, they don't. Jon comes from the business, but his heart is still very much in the music. Currently, we have about 12 major names that have said they want to be a part of MUDDA.
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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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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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I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history.
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In some ways, I'm just a visual person.
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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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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.