50 Perfect Phil Collins Quotes Ever
“The binding of reason and intuition is the fundamental crisis of the era we call humanity. Transcedence of duality is the key” “Phil Collins”
“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.
” “Phil Collins”
“When destiny calls you, you’ve got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you’ve got to move on” “Phil Collins”
“I’m fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I’m sort of interested in the gory details of life.” “Phil Collins”
“Love can make you do things that you never thought possible.” “Phil Collins”
“There were ‘big stars’ at the Alamo! Bowie, Crockett! It is a huge political event because it, and the events at Goliad and San Jacinto, changed the look of a map of America. America would be a very different place if Texas had remained Mexican.
” “Phil Collins”
“You’ll find your place beside the ones you love” “Phil Collins”
“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.
” “Phil Collins”
“Things happen, but things happen and you follow… your heart is too dramatic, but you follow.” “Phil Collins”
“Why can’t they understand the way we feel? They just don’t trust what they can’t explain. I know we’re different, but deep inside us we’re not that different at all” “Phil Collins”
“It’s not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I’m very, very proud of that.
” “Phil Collins”
“Deep inside us we’re not that different at all.” “Phil Collins”
“People hate a break-up, but they love a break-up song.” “Phil Collins”
“Love can make you do things that you never thought possible” “Phil Collins”
“I’m fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I’m sort of interested in the gory details of life. ” “Phil Collins”
“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn. ” “Phil Collins”
“I’m glad that the lyrics reach people and make them understand that we’re all the same, really.” “Phil Collins”
“I don’t really belong to that world and I don’t think anyone’s going to miss me. I’m much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely.” “Phil Collins”
“Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers” “Phil Collins”
“Before you write – remember that every speech has something of ‘you’ in the writing. Don’t take that away when you write. Be yourself. Be comfortable in your own skin.” “Phil Collins”
“I don’t really listen to music.
” “Phil Collins”
“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn” “Phil Collins”
“As a writer, author, creator of something the fact that people are still interested, is fantastic.” “Phil Collins”
“I’m usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.” “Phil Collins”
“Everyones a hypercrit and if you don’t agree you’re a liar as well” “Phil Collins”
“Put your faith in what you most believe in.” “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”
“Put your faith in what you most believe in.” “Phil Collins”
“This stupid sensitivity! But then women like sensitivity.” “Phil Collins”
“Originally, I thought the story of the Alamo was all these men defending their liberty when they could have left, knowing they were going to die. That’s without a doubt what appealed to me, the romance and the nobility. But, as in life, the more you dig the more you find out that things weren’t quite like that.
” “Phil Collins”
“Beyond a certain point, the music isn’t mine anymore. It’s yours.” “Phil Collins”
“You know, I’ve released some great records and I’ve released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.
” “Phil Collins”
“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.” “Phil Collins”
“I prefer black music in general.
” “Phil Collins”
“I’m not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I’m a drummer that sings a bit.” “Phil Collins”
“Just look over your shoulder…I’ll be there always.” “Phil Collins”
“We all have the same problems in relationships.” “Phil Collins”
“God is a spa-bath of water and we are all individual bubbles” “Phil Collins”
“The answer is inside your head; it’s easy to find if you take it logically” “Phil Collins”
“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 Collins”
“Perception determines insanity” “Phil Collins”
“Genesis fans are a religious group!
” “Phil Collins”
“I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you’ve got to do now is sell about 10,000 singles and you’re in the charts.
” “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”
“There’s no magic for getting into the groove… just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.
” “Phil Collins”
“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.” “Phil Collins”