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Phil Collins has praised Taylor Swift, saying the superstar “deserves” her place as “the hugest thing in the world” after being “blown away completely” the first time he saw her perform 15 years ago.

Speaking to Vernon Kay on BBC Radio 2’s Tracks of My Years, Collins recalled meeting Swift at a Songwriters Hall of Fame event years ago, before she reached her current level of fame, and watching her perform her song “White Horse.”

“This very nice lady then got up on stage with a guitar and sang ‘White Horse,’ and it blew me away completely,” he said. “Not only was the song great, and the sentiment of the song really got me, but she sang it beautifully. And it was just so simple, you know, her on a guitar.”

Collins said he has “always had a soft spot” for the track since. “I’m so pleased that she’s the hugest thing in the world now because she kind of feels like she deserves it,” he said. “I mean it’s easy to knock someone that’s got so much success, but I think she really deserves it.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Collins revealed that his signature solo hit “In the Air Tonight” was largely improvised. “A lot of my lyrics are kind of improvised. The classic example of that would be ‘In the Air Tonight,’ which was pretty much 80% improvised,” he said, explaining that the song’s atmospheric sound came from a Prophet-5 keyboard and that he “certainly didn’t labour on it.” He described the result as “the scenario of luck… and good fortune” rather than craft.

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