Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.
PHIL COLLINSAnother time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.
More Phil Collins Quotes
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God is a spa-bath of water and we are all individual bubbles
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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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It’s not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I’m very, very proud of that.
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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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We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.
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I’d love to work with Disney again.
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And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.
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The 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.
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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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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?
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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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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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To 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.
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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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As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.
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