It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic,… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
To me, groups of musicians playing together, not fighting each other, but playing a groove together is one of the most exciting… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I just figured if I'm going to call myself a songwriter throughout my life, then writing for most genres of music is… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
If a musician dares to get out of the box he's been put in, people get confused. They want people where they… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
Drummers get bored. You tell them to play something simple, and it gets more complicated as they do it. If they're not… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
When children see Michael Jackson they see a human being. When adults see him they see money. — Phil Collins Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption. — Phil Collins Copy Share
As I've gotten older and learned more, I realise that Hollywood has not told the truth. — Phil Collins Copy Share
I feel terrible for women that have had Phil Collins tattoos. Their poor husbands have to deal with. — Phil Collins Copy Share
Non-physicality may soon come to dominate our reality. Thanx Quatum Mechanics! — Phil Collins Copy Share
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,… — Phil Collins Copy Share
Like last night I had a sequence with a gun and, to be honest, for me to be threatening with a gun and not… — Phil Collins Copy Share
You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the… — Phil Collins Copy Share
Tattoos don't impress me. For me it's just another awkward part of fame. It's extraordinary - tattoos in basketball and soccer, it's quite extraordinary. — Phil Collins Copy Share
“Why can't they understand the way we feel? They just don't trust what they can't explain. I know we're different, but deep inside us… — Phil Collins Copy Share
You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the… — Phil Collins Copy Share
When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food. — Phil Collins Copy Share
