Phil Collins Quotes

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Phil Collins

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 30, 1951

Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.

Phil Collins

I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.

Phil Collins

The world is in your hands, now use it.

Phil Collins

Genesis fans are a religious group!

Phil Collins

I have never been a Conservative, or at least not since being a young teenager. My father voted Conservative, and even his doing that was a hangover from the '50s and '60s, which may have been an influence on me.

Phil Collins

There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.

Phil Collins

I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before.

Phil Collins

I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better.

Phil Collins

If a musician dares to get out of the box he's been put in, people get confused. They want people where they can find them! I am fortunate in some respects as I've always been known as someone who 'moves around' and tries different things. But generally, we are supposed to stay where we're put.

Phil Collins

There were 'big stars' at the Alamo! Bowie, Crockett! It is a huge political event because it, and the events at Goliad and San Jacinto, changed the look of a map of America. America would be a very different place if Texas had remained Mexican.

Phil Collins

I can't play anywhere near like I used to, and I was a hot drummer. It doesn't bother me, because frankly, if you get to that point where you can't hold a drumstick properly, there are many other things in life which are far more important, like cutting a loaf of bread or a piece of cheese.

Phil Collins

It's not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I'm very, very proud of that.

Phil Collins

To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time.

Phil Collins

'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a good time for me, because you do take a bit of a browbeating and, as you get older, you become better at accepting it and realizing why it happens.

Phil Collins

You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.

Phil Collins

It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me.

Phil Collins

All I set out to do was to earn a living playing drums, you know? And as luck would have it, I've surpassed that.

Phil Collins

That's going to be on my headstone: 'He came. He wrote 'In the Air Tonight.' He... died.'

Phil Collins

It's always been easy with Mark, he's a rock fan and we speak the same language. He's a big Beatles fan too. We worked a lot via CLI calls, though only meeting up once every couple of months.

Phil Collins

Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted.

Phil Collins