Phil Collins Quotes
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Why did I like simpler songs? Just times change. This is one of the repeated things I hear: even though people will read different kinds of books, they don't read Lord of the Rings when they're 30 even though they did at 15.
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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 me.
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As I've got older, I've got more understanding of relationships and how they work - but every single relationship has different dynamics, so you can't paint everyone with the same colour.
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That's the trouble with wishing you were somebody else. As much as you may want it, you know it'll never happen, at least not in this lifetime.
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You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.
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I very rarely listen to the in-flight stuff.
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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.
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We're all turkeys! Some of us are running around with our heads cut off, some of us are flapping our wings that hard we're close to flying. But nothing is an eagle bar God.
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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.
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I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life.
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Prog rock, with a little good taste, is ok. I tried to bring some of it into this century, I guess.
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I can't consider myself a drummer any more.
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Would you respect me if I didn't have this gun? Cause without it, I don't get it, and that's why I carry one.
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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.
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I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.
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You leave a country, they stop playing you on the radio.
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On the day of the show, I sit down with someone that speaks very good English and someone who speaks the local language very well and work out what I'm going to say.
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I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.
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Genesis fans are a religious group!
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I'm not sure at all about the current prog rock scene.
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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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I have some rhythms on my computers, that are actually called "trance", they go from 1-30 or 40. They're grooves that come on the synth. If I could somehow use them, I would.
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To be honest, I couldn't hold a conversation with anybody in any language other than English - and that's a struggle sometimes!
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Love can make you do things that you never thought possible
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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 had it.
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They're the only ones brave enough to give me these opportunities [on being offered a soundtrack!]
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Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.
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I just figured if I'm going to call myself a songwriter throughout my life, then writing for most genres of music is something I should at least attempt.
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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.
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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.
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