When destiny calls you, you’ve got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you’ve got to move on.
PHIL COLLINSWhen destiny calls you, you’ve got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you’ve got to move on.
PHIL COLLINSTo me, groups of musicians playing together, not fighting each other, but playing a groove together is one of the most exciting things to listen to.
PHIL COLLINSOften 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.
PHIL COLLINSProg rock, with a little good taste, is ok. I tried to bring some of it into this century, I guess.
PHIL COLLINSGod is a spa-bath of water and we are all individual bubbles
PHIL COLLINSAnd, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.
PHIL COLLINSWhy 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.
PHIL COLLINSI 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 songs, they were fantastic.
PHIL COLLINSAnother time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.
PHIL COLLINSI’d love to work with Disney again.
PHIL COLLINSThere’s something perverse isn’t there, if you’re playing in front of 100,000 people and there’s 2000 people down the front who don’t like, you think: what is it that they don’t like?
PHIL COLLINSWhen you’re young you want to show people what you can do, no matter what the cost. Whereas when you’re older, and you realise that maybe a drum machine is better than you playing, then use the drum machine.
PHIL COLLINSThe stereotypical rock-star-trashing-a-hotel-room thing? Those days had passed by the time I was in a band big enough to do it.
PHIL COLLINSAs soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.
PHIL COLLINSAs a composer I approached the drums differently than a non-composing drummer. I embraced drum machines.
PHIL COLLINSYou know, I’ve released some great records and I’ve released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.
PHIL COLLINS