Phil Collins Quotes

You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.

— Noel Gallagher

I listen to a lot of Phil Collins.

— Jes Macallan

I'm not trying to be the next Dave Grohl or Phil Collins.

— Taylor Hawkins

Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope.

— Noel Gallagher

I wouldn’t wear a tie-dyed tee-shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia.

— Kurt Cobain

My dad put me onto Phil Collins and Dream Theater and all that stuff.

— Rich Brian

We've been around long enough and have been to enough award shows to know that it is easy to lose to Phil…

— Matt Stone

Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins.

— Noel Gallagher

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's…

— Noel Gallagher

I feel terrible for women that have had Phil Collins tattoos. Their poor husbands have to deal with.

— Phil Collins

I'm a fan of Genesis prior to Phil Collins. I don't really like Phil.

— David Draiman

I think Phil Collins is one of the most underrated musicians, singers, performers - he is absolutely amazing, I think, and I…

— Rick Astley

Western record companies haven't always dealt with African musicians in the best way. Giving them a lot of money and telling them…

— Youssou N'Dour

I love Phil Collins. 'In The Air Tonight' is an incredible song. I hope to work with Phil. He's got an amazing…

— Akon

Growing up, I became a huge fan of Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins. That's where I really started developing my songwriting…

— Lara Fabian

People say footballers have terrible taste in music but I would dispute that. In the car at the moment I've got The…

— Andy Gray

The records that I grew up listening to had feel, and the drummers that inspired me - like Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart,…

— Taylor Hawkins

I have been influenced by the greatest artists in jazz, pop, reggae, traditional, ballards, pop, and all types of music, taking the…

— Laura Pausini

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name With somebody…

— David Walliams

Asleep by the Smiths Vapour Trail by Ride Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum…

— Stephen Chbosky

God bless him, I mean a lot of times you get non-actors on a set and they get really self-conscious, especially when…

— Ed Helms

When the album 'Duke' came out, by Genesis, Phil Collins beat Dad in a drummers poll. My dad got me to learn…

— Jason Bonham

“The telephone company is urging people not to use the telephone unless it is absolutely necessary, in order to keep the lines…

— Steven D. Price

Take a guy like Phil Collins, for instance. He's known as a pop-rock artist, but some of his music is so amazingly…

— Gym Class Heroes

I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. He's a great vocalist.

— Ben Gibbard

There's no place in the world you can go and not hear rock-and-roll, from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Phil Collins.

— Ahmet Ertegun

The only time I ever really got into rap was back in the early '90s, and bands like A Tribe Called Quest,…

— Paul Weller

The opportunity to record the song came when Phil Collins' record label, Atlantic, was doing a tribute album to him and they…

— Deborah Cox

I'll do one eventually as life's too short and none of us is getting any younger. I'd like to make one while…

— Noel Gallagher

I know right now she has no idea who I am, but I'd like to collaborate with Enya one day. Of course…

— Nicki Minaj

It frustrated me at college that all the acts in the Top 10 were like The Moody Blues and Phil Collins. It…

— David Berman

I suppose Phil Collins offers something for everybody, and in hipdom that's not cool. But in the real world, there's no shame…

— Phil Collins

You know what I hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee shirt unless it was…

— Kurt Cobain

My advice to you is be boring, square, asshole parents... When I have kids, the most recent CD I will own -…

— Patton Oswalt

There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one…

— Ahmet Ertegun

There was a DJ who stayed up for eleven days straight, the longest recorded period of time anyone has ever gone without…

— Meg Cabot

“Creationists, the right-wing Christians, creationists believe every word Genesis says. I don't even think Phil Collins is a good drummer.”

— Jimmy Carr