Of course you can't please everyone all the time. It's just something that I've got to get over, and I'm better at it now.

Perception determines insanity.

As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.

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.

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.

They're the only ones brave enough to give me these opportunities [on being offered a soundtrack!]

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.'