Phil Collins

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.

Phil Collins

I can’t remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.

Phil Collins

I didn’t become a commercially successful artist by design, and actually I think that commercially successful just means, if you analyse it, that a lot of people like you. It’s become a dirty word, and I don’t necessarily think it needs to be.

Phil Collins

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.

Phil Collins

I just don’t think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I’m fortunate that I make ends meet.

Phil Collins

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.

Phil Collins

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.

Phil Collins

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

Phil Collins

I’m not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn’t be bad but that’s not the aim. I’m just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I’ve not been before.

Phil Collins

In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan – my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to Canada to be near her parents.

Phil Collins