There’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 COLLINSAs a composer I approached the drums differently than a non-composing drummer. I embraced drum machines.
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I’d love to work with Disney again.
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As a composer I approached the drums differently than a non-composing drummer. I embraced drum machines.
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It’s not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I’m very, very proud of that.
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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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As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.
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I was talking to Australian press earlier, and they said: we never stopped playing you. I tended to forget about that. It brings a smile to your face that there is this continuing thing, that people like what you do.
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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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When 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.
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I 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.
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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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When destiny calls you, you’ve got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you’ve got to move on.
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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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To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don’t want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time
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And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.
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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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