I'm glad that the lyrics reach people and make them understand that we're all the same, really. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
If it's the beginning of something - like an album, I'm working on the lyrics and I take a walkman and headset. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
As a composer I approached the drums differently than a non-composing drummer. I embraced drum machines. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
Prog rock, with a little good taste, is ok. I tried to bring some of it into this century, I guess. — 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
Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I don't own an ABBA album, and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about… — 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
Why did I like simpler songs? Just times change. This is one of the repeated things I hear: even though people will… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way… — 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
I wish I could just make you turn around, turn around and see me cry There's so much I need to say… — 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
'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I can't play anywhere near like I used to, and I was a hot drummer. It doesn't bother me, because frankly, if… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I don't want to preach, but I really think the rudiments are very important to developing your drumming skills. Many of the… — 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 grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you've got to do… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
To see a lot of the smaller labels disappear or get gobbled up by the bigger labels, that's a shame. It was… — 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
In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can… — 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
