While promoting his upcoming New Blood release, Rolling Stone caught up with PETER GABRIEL and asked about the possibilities of a GENESIS reunion. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

Rolling Stone: Is there part of you that thinks it might be fun to do a few Genesis concerts? Wouldn't it be a great way to end the band and bring your career full circle?

Gabriel: "I did talk to those guys about it on this last round. And then it was growing into this bigger thing and I had all these other ideas that I wanted to do, and I just thought it was becoming . . . I could feel the suction of the black hole. I get on pretty well with everybody – it wasn't personal issues – I just didn't want to lose that sort of light-footedness that I enjoy now. And I don't know what the others would want to do. Phil [Collins] has had a lot of physical troubles recently, back problems that have restricted his drum playing, so there may be other reasons that would make it difficult now. So I assume we won't lose any sleep if we don't do more. You know, we had a great run. They did way better after I left anyway. So I don't know think anyone has anything to complain about."

Rolling Stone: True. But there's a huge fan base that's just dying to see you guys onstage one more time. What happens in a few years if Phil's condition improves?

Gabriel: "Oh, I guess, you know if Phil was . . . Who knows. I mean, I did enjoy the Led Zeppelin one for example. I went to that gig, and they certainly worked their assess off rehearsing. The only time I've ever had a reunion with Genesis is whey they very generously agreed to play the Womad music festival [in 1982], which had lost lots of money at the first outing. And because they were on tour, we didn't get to rehearse much. And I said, "If we ever do this again, I really want to get it right."

Rolling Stone: So never say never?

Gabriel: "I won't say never ever, but it's in the outside department of the betting shop."

Read the entire interview here.