Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, Gabriel launched a successful solo career with “Solsbury Hill” as his first single. His 1986 album, So, is his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the U.S. The album’s most successful single, “Sledgehammer”, won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards and is MTV’s most played music video of all time.
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I guess I don’t so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
—Peter Gabriel
Topics: Aging, Age
You can blow out a candle, but you can’t blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher.
—Peter Gabriel
As the band got more successful, it was increasingly difficult to get people to take a risk with something that might jeopardize their livelihood. On Genesis
—Peter Gabriel
Topics: Risk
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