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Phil Collins (Singer)

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

— Phil Collins sin

Everything has added up to a load that I'm getting tired of carrying. It's gotten so complicated. It's the three failed marriages, and having kids that grew up without me, and it's the personal criticism, of being Mr. Nice Guy, or of divorcing my wife by fax, all that stuff, the journalism, some of which I find insulting.

— Phil Collins marriage

I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things, I've brought into the new Tarzan songs. Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.

— Phil Collins writing

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 sin

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 life

When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.

— Phil Collins love

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

— Phil Collins music

The world is in your hands, now use it.

— Phil Collins world

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

— Phil Collins time

I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.

— Phil Collins

As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.

— Phil Collins art

That's the trouble with wishing you were somebody else. As much as you may want it, you know it'll never happen, at least not in this lifetime.

— Phil Collins life

You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment.

— Phil Collins time

I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it.

— Phil Collins language

I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet.

— Phil Collins living

I prefer black music in general.

— Phil Collins music

I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history.

— Phil Collins war

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 bad

'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 time

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 dogs

And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.

— Phil Collins sin

The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail.

— Phil Collins day

And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.

— Phil Collins children

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 change

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 living

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.

— Phil Collins learning

Im not a singer who plays a bit of drums. Im a drummer that sings a bit.

— Phil Collins sin

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