All Phil Collins Quotes
- And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right. Children
- I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being… Ends
- The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail. Day
- 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. All
- And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer. Inspirational
- Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock. Another Time
- As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour. Inspirational
- Genesis fans are a religious group! Fans
- I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis. Bases
- I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class. Age
- I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it. Appreciate
- I don't own an ABBA album, and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about well crafted pop… Abba
- I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me. I'm much happier just to write myself out of… Anyone
- I don't really listen to music. Funny
- 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. Ends
- I never said I was at the Alamo. Someone else said I was at the Alamo. Now I'm a nutter. I don't think that's fair. Alamo
- I prefer black music in general. Black
- I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life. Details
- I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate… All
- I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours. Finish
- I've got one of four known Davy Crocket rifles. It's fantastic just to know it's one of the rifles that he actually used. His cousin… Actually Used
- I've spent the last year and a half going through a very public separation, hiding in hotel lobbies. Half
- In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.' Firsts
- It's not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I'm very, very proud of that. Drummer
- 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. Articles