Phil Collins quotes

Phil Collins is an English singer, songwriter, and drummer, widely recognized for his solo career and as the lead vocalist of Genesis. His distinctive voice and emotional ballads have made him a global pop icon. He has sold millions of records worldwide and influenced generations of musicians. Here are 76 of his quotes:

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.

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

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Wait for it, wait for it! Anticipation is half the fun. So I've been told...

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Well, if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand. I've seen your face before my friend But I don't know if you know who I am. Well, I was there and I saw what you did I saw it with my own two eyes. So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been. It's all been a pack of lies.

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I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord. And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord. Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord.

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Stewart Copeland is an amazing drummer. I just wish he didn't think he was amazing. Sting is a lovely bloke. We've become friends. I felt honored to be on stage with him at Live Aid.

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Everything has added up to a load that I'm getting tired of carrying. It's gotten so complicated. It's the three failed marriages, and having kids that grew up without me, and it's the personal criticism, of being Mr. Nice Guy, or of divorcing my wife by fax, all that stuff, the journalism, some of which I find insulting.

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There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.

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Put your faith in what you most believe in.

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[On his Live Aid appearance with members of Led Zeppelin] They wanted me there early to rehearse the old Zeppelin songs, but I couldn't make it and I told them, "Listen, I know the songs. I know them backward and forward." Well, that day the tempos were all over the place, and it may have seemed like it was my fault, because I was the one who hadn't rehearsed, but I would pledge to my dying day that it wasn't me. In fact, it was Tony Thompson who was racing a bit; he was a bit nervous, I guess. It came off because of the magic of being Zeppelin; but I remember in the middle of the thing, I actually thought, How do I get out of here?

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I can't remember those words (Lyrics) even when we were on tour.

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

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

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

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I've spent the last year and a half going through a very public separation, hiding in hotel lobbies.

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It's always been easy with Mark, he's a rock fan and we speak the same language. He's a big Beatles fan too. We worked a lot via CLI calls, though only meeting up once every couple of months.

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Often there's a BA crew, because half the time we stay at the same hotels, especially in Australia. I can remember spending quite a lot of time with crews around the pool there. They always make themselves known to us.

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In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan - my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to Canada to be near her parents.

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

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If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that would have got me into the studio... although Herbie Hancock has just been in touch about doing something and that would be an interesting combination.

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The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail.

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I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.

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