Phil Collins Quotes

Phil Collins — English Musician born on January 30, 1951,

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO, is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, actor, and author. He gained fame as both the drummer and lead singer for the rock band Genesis, as well as worldwide success as a solo artist. Collins sang the lead vocals on dozens of hit albums and singles in the UK and the US between 1976 and 2010, either solo or with Genesis. Collins is among the best-selling music artists of all time with 33.5 million RIAA-certified albums sold in the US and an estimated 150 million worldwide. He is one of three recording artists who have sold over 100 million albums worldwide both as solo artists and as principal members of a band. AllMusic calls Collins "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond"... (wikipedia)

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

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.

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

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.

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