Turn It On Again - A Genesis Forum

[…] Back when Rob Ayling was running the Voiceprint label, my bass player Tim accompanied him on a trip to Ant's Clapham abode and Ant took them both out to a local cafe and bought them egg and chips! He's a lovely fellow - when he wrote a letter back to me in the late 1980s. after I'd sent him a copy of my first solo LP Earth Magic, he was kind enough to say thanks and that he'd listened to it and had been enjoying 'all the good music'. Typically of Ant, he pointed out that he'd spotted my…

[…] I think you just need to meet these people understanding that they are human beings, and not godlike. We may have absolutely loved their music and admired their talents for decades but in the end....they're people. Steve is well known for being very easy to get on with, and certainly when I met him he was pleasantness personified. Some people may not like to hear it put this way, but Mike & Tony are very stoic because of their upbringing. That does not mean they're in any way unpleasant…