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" The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail. "
Phil Collins
Detail
London
Day
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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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" I've bought pretty much every book ever written about the Alamo, and I talk to my friends that I've made over the past 15, 20 years. It's just a constant learning and fascinating thing for me. "
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" Genesis fans are a religious group! "
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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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" If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that would have got me into the studio... although Herbie Hancock has just been in touch about doing something and that would be an interesting combination. "
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" I've got one of four known Davy Crocket rifles. It's fantastic just to know it's one of the rifles that he actually used. His cousin had it. "
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" I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it. "
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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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" 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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America
Texas
" When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food. "
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Because
Travel
" Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock. "
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Time
Way
Rock
" Originally, I thought the story of the Alamo was all these men defending their liberty when they could have left, knowing they were going to die. That's without a doubt what appealed to me, the romance and the nobility. But, as in life, the more you dig the more you find out that things weren't quite like that. "
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Story
You
Thought
" To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time. "
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Moment
Me
" I joined Genesis when I was 19. I've earned the right to actually do nothing. I don't want to be a shadow of what I was, so I've kind of just quite willingly stood back. "
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Want
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Kind
" 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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Meeting
Speak
Easy
" The world is in your hands, now use it. "
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Your
" 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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Find
People
I Am
" 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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Music
Sometimes
Away
" It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me. "
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Just
Come
Learn
" 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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Time
Disappointment
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Music
Yours
" I never stopped thinking about the Alamo from that day to this. I'm a huge collector of memorabilia. I've got Davy Crockett's bullet pouch. I've got Colonel Travis's belt. "
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Belt
Thinking
Bullet
" I usually hang around the room listening to a bit of last night's show. If there's one available, I go to the steam room every day for my voice. I spend half an hour there and then I eat, because I can't eat later than four o'clock. Then I go for a soundcheck. That's my day. "
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Day
Listening
Voice
" I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours. "
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Record
Finish
Going
" 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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Dogs
" I've spent the last year and a half going through a very public separation, hiding in hotel lobbies. "
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Separation
Year
" When I was five or six, I started dressing up like Davy Crockett. "
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Five
Up
" I prefer black music in general. "
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General
Music
" 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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People
Successful
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