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I think that you get the mood of a song stronger if you get it right that way. On the other hand, you put some songs out live and they don't catch flight. They just flop. It is hard to tell until they are out there.

Peter Gabriel

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Peter Gabriel
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 13
Composer
Drummer
Film Score Composer
Musician
Poet
Singer
Vocalist
Chobham
Surrey
Peter Brian Gabriel
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Songs
Think
Hand
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Tell
Flop
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Catch
Live
Flight
Right
Mood
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