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I wish it wasn't like this. I sit and watch stuff on the television, I think, 'Why, why, why.

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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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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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Often there's a BA crew, because half the time we stay at the same hotels, especially in Australia. I can remember spending quite a lot of time with crews around the pool there. They always make themselves known to us.

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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 obvious questions concerning animosity between members have of course arisen. After all, both Gabriel and Collins left Genesis and found much green pastures in terms of commercial success, while the rest of Genesis fell between the cracks. But Collins is quick to squash any talk of negativity amongst them. We're all still good friends. We spent like 30 or 25 years of our life in the same office, ... Just because we don't play in the same band anymore doesn't mean we don't see each other and enjoy each other's company.

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We're all still good friends. We spent like 30 or 25 years of our life in the same office, ... Just because we don't play in the same band anymore doesn't mean we don't see each other and enjoy each other's company.

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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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We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.

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The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail.

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I'm nice until I have a reason not to be. I work hard and people sense that. But I'm different things to different people. To the middle-aged housewife I'm some-one who looks like a little boy lost to the people who know only One More Night and Against All Odds, I'm probably this sweet and sensitive guy. But there are many other songs, many other sides. I don't like that sickly sweet image.

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Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.

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I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody.

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I remember flying with Air India to New York quite a few years ago now and I love Indian food, so the fact that I had a curry on board was fantastic.

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I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things, I've brought into the new Tarzan songs. Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.

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The world is in your hands, now use it.

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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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They are better than last year. They're quicker and always aggressive. I'm sure they'll challenge for the 1 AAA championship. I've got a lot of respect for them working through hard times. Really, they've got a good program now.

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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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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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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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Catering on planes, like on British Rail, is a standing joke, but I don't really have a problem with it. I don't quite know what people expect.

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I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.

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I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better.

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I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.

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