Phil Collins Quotes

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

Travel, Love, Food

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

Music, Point, Beyond

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, Important, Play

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

The world is in your hands, now use it.
Phil Collins

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

Children, Try, Marry

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 the melody.
Phil Collins

Music, Play, Whatever

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

Bit, Singer, Drummer

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

Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.
Phil Collins

Time, Rock, Another

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

Start, Making, Getting

Each thing leapfrogs. I do a Genesis project - like now, we're just finishing off an album - and then by the time the album is doing its thing, I could do nothing or I could do a film.
Phil Collins

Time, Nothing, Off

I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.
Phil Collins

Father, Daily, Two

I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.
Phil Collins

Remember, Before, Early

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

Country, Whatever, Language

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 the script entirely.
Phil Collins

Write, Anyone, Miss

I don't really listen to music.
Phil Collins

I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you've got to do now is sell about 10,000 singles and you're in the charts.
Phil Collins

Week, Million, Sell

I joined Genesis when I was 19. I've earned the right to actually do nothing. I don't want to be a shadow of what I was, so I've kind of just quite willingly stood back.
Phil Collins

Nothing, Actually, Quite

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, Star, Meet

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, I seem to cope with it better.
Phil Collins

Strange, Sure, Difference

I never stopped thinking about the Alamo from that day to this. I'm a huge collector of memorabilia. I've got Davy Crockett's bullet pouch. I've got Colonel Travis's belt.
Phil Collins

Thinking, Bullet, Belt

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

Time, History, Forward

I usually hang around the room listening to a bit of last night's show. If there's one available, I go to the steam room every day for my voice. I spend half an hour there and then I eat, because I can't eat later than four o'clock. Then I go for a soundcheck. That's my day.
Phil Collins

Night, Around, Last

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, Trying, Before

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Nationality: English

Born: January 30, 1951

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