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We've been around long enough and have been to enough award shows to know that it is easy to lose to Phil Collins at any time.

I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. He's a great vocalist.

But I don't really like to discuss Phil anymore.

I think Phil Collins is one of the most underrated musicians, singers, performers - he is absolutely amazing, I think, and I think he's probably got a bit of a rough ride occasionally because he became so mainstream and so popular.

Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I would leave the band. He wanted to find out if I was telling him the truth. He hit me so I left and that is how UFO split up.

But I was in the Radiohead studio today and Phil was there drumming and Thom was there playing. We feel like we've only just stopped and already people are wanting us to carry on.

But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him.

Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style.

I don't know how it would play out it the long run, if I were go to series with the story, I don't know. I just miss Peter so much on a personal level, that's about what I can say. He's my buddy and I wish he were around.

Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.