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"In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'"
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"I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum."
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"We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date."
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"At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been said, and what I think needs to be said at that point."
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"When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene."
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"Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind."
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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
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"The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957."
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"I always begin to compose the melody first."
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"My first encounter with a Kelly was not on a musical scale. It was from primary school. Dave and I went to primary school together and we were like boy scouts."
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"My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came out in 1964."
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"I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me."
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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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"We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe."
Europe

"I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis."
Father

"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."
People

"The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail."
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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."
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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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"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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"On the day of the show, I sit down with someone that speaks very good English and someone who speaks the local language very well and work out what I'm going to say."
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