Phil Collins questions and cues ------------------------------- 1. Q: Are you taken aback by all of this "Phil-mania" that's going on? A: (Laughs) "Uh, Cabbage-patch doll.....a lot of strain." 50 seconds 2. Q: What do you think of the fact that after all of those years of being more behind-the-scenes as a drummer with Genesis and as a producer, now you're more of a "pop star"? A: "Well, to me.....different types of music." :57 seconds 3. Q: I hear that you and your band on the road are very straight. A: "Who told you that...and you just can't." :50 seconds 4. Q: You love to play the comic on stage. When did comedy come into your live show? A: "Oh, it's always been there...keep that going." :44 seconds 5. Q: You remind me a lot of Steve Martin on stage. A: "Oh, yeah. Well, I owe....humorous myself." 1:19 6. Q: Who writes your material? A: Steve Martin....I write." :04 7: Q: On "Face Value," you have a beautiful ballad "This Must be Love." It's a love song in the face of all the well-publicized heartache you were going through at the time. A: "Well, you see.....it lyrically." :39 8: Q: "I Missed Again" created all sorts of problems for you on radio, right? A: "Yeah..well, I was obviously.....it's not the people." 2:07 9: Q: The horn arrangement on "It Don't Matter to Me" is breathtaking... A: "Well, that's a good example.....gotta play it." :52 10: Q: You joined Genesis through an ad in Melody Maker? A: "Yeah, Melody Maker.....back in 1970." :41 11: Q: In 1975, Peter Gabriel left Genesis. Did you think at that time that you wanted to step out front and become a singer? A: "Uh, no, it was a.....wiggle my bottom." 1:50 12: Q: In 1977, you decided the only way for Genesis to continue and grow was to tour constantly to break the American market. There were a lot of consequences of that decision, including the break-up of your first marriage. How do you look back on that now? A: "I've vowed to.....follow my nose." 3:16 13: Q: Your lyrics do get to people very directly. A: The one thing that.....end of it." 1:24 14: Q: Did you read the article in the New York Times that said you were pop music's Alfred Hitchcock? A: "I met that guy.....microphone doing here?" 15: Q: You had "Against All Odds" for "Face Value," but you didn't include it because you felt you had too many ballads and you thought that it wasn't a good one. A: "Yeah, well I had it.....I couldn't believe it." 1:00 16: Q: From "No Jacket Required," I heard that on "Sussudio," you got criticized in England for sounding like Prince. A: "Yeah, well you see, when I first.....that in my music." 1:53 17: Q: Do you now see that women swoon over you in concert? A: "Well, I don't believe.....I put over. I don't know." :13 18: Q: Tell us a little about "One More Night." You have an introduction for it that you use in concert. A: "The magic moment.....one more chance." :47 19: Q: how disappointed were you that you didn't win the Academy Award for "Against All Odds?" A: "To be nominated....even so." 1:09 20: Q: What are the plans for Genesis? Album? Tour? A: "Yeah, we're doing an album....we'll carry on." :42 21: Q: Do you still have fun on the road? A: "Yeah. Oh yeah.....I enjoy it." :24 -------------------------------------------------- This text was transcribed manually from the PDF by me, JustHere4Coffee, in September 2017. Some minor stylistic changes have been made to the text to make the transcription flow more evenly - changing a couple of full-stops to colons, adding missing quotation marks; stuff that would probably have been done to the original text had it been written on a word processor instead of a typewriter. Timings and exact text in the accompanying recording differ slightly due to damage sustained to the original media before it was digitised.