I'm not sure at all about the current prog rock scene.
When you're young you want to show people what you can do, no matter what the cost. Whereas when you're older, and you realise that maybe a drum machine is better than you playing, then use the drum machine.
Take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space. And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face.
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
'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a good time for me, because you do take a bit of a browbeating and, as you get older, you become better at accepting it and realizing why it happens.
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.
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.
Would you respect me if I didn't have this gun? Cause without it, I don't get it, and that's why I carry one.
You'll regret the day you ever messed with Philadelphia Collins and sons
I can't consider myself a drummer any more.
Tattoos don't impress me. For me it's just another awkward part of fame. It's extraordinary - tattoos in basketball and soccer, it's quite extraordinary.
Believe it or not, Japanese is actually easier than some European languages!
I think I was the best drummer!
The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail.
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.
I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life.
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.
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...Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.
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
You leave a country, they stop playing you on the radio.
I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me. I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely.
And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.
I have some rhythms on my computers, that are actually called "trance", they go from 1-30 or 40. They're grooves that come on the synth. If I could somehow use them, I would.
I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it.
Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.
