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Phil Collins quotes: I'd love to work with Disney again.

I'd love to work with Disney again.

Phil Collins quotes: The answer is inside your head; it's easy to find if you take it logically.

The answer is inside your head; it's easy to find if you take it logically.

Phil Collins quotes: And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.

And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.

Phil Collins quotes: Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

Phil Collins quotes: I very rarely listen to the in-flight stuff.

I very rarely listen to the in-flight stuff.

Phil Collins quotes: It's not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I'm very, very proud of that.

It's not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I'm very, very proud of that.

Phil Collins quotes: My only saving grace is that I actually collect things that nobody else is interested in.

My only saving grace is that I actually collect things that nobody else is interested in.

Phil Collins quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I suppose you can't take kids into consideration all the time, but I just wish there could be a bit of flexibility.

I suppose you can't take kids into consideration all the time, but I just wish there could be a bit of flexibility.

Phil Collins quotes: I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.

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

Phil Collins quotes: Deep inside us we're not that different at all.

Deep inside us we're not that different at all.

Phil Collins quotes: Find a way to my heart, and I will always be with you.

Find a way to my heart, and I will always be with you.

Phil Collins quotes: You'll regret the day you ever messed with Philadelphia Collins and sons

You'll regret the day you ever messed with Philadelphia Collins and sons

Phil Collins quotes: I remember flying with Air India to New York quite a few years ago now and I love Indian food, so the fact that I had a curry on board

I remember flying with Air India to New York quite a few years ago now and I love Indian food, so the fact that I had a curry on board was fantastic.

Phil Collins quotes: I've been a long-distance father.

I've been a long-distance father.

Phil Collins quotes: Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers

Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers

Phil Collins quotes: I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.

I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.

Phil Collins quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me.

I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me.

Phil Collins quotes: Would you respect me if I didn't have this gun? Cause without it, I don't get it, and that's why I carry one.

Would you respect me if I didn't have this gun? Cause without it, I don't get it, and that's why I carry one.

Phil Collins quotes: When children see Michael Jackson they see a human being. When adults see him they see money.

When children see Michael Jackson they see a human being. When adults see him they see money.

Phil Collins quotes: That's the trouble with wishing you were somebody else. As much as you may want it, you know it'll never happen, at least not in this lifetime.

That's the trouble with wishing you were somebody else. As much as you may want it, you know it'll never happen, at least not in this lifetime.

Phil Collins quotes: I don't really listen to music.

I don't really listen to music.

Phil Collins quotes: The world is in your hands, now use it.

The world is in your hands, now use it.

Phil Collins quotes: When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.

When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.

Phil Collins quotes: I've spent the last year and a half going through a very public separation, hiding in hotel lobbies.

I've spent the last year and a half going through a very public separation, hiding in hotel lobbies.

Phil Collins quotes: When destiny calls you, you've got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you've got to move on.

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 quotes: I've got one of four known Davy Crocket rifles. It's fantastic just to know it's one of the rifles that he actually used. His cousin had it.

I've got one of four known Davy Crocket rifles. It's fantastic just to know it's one of the rifles that he actually used. His cousin had it.

Phil Collins quotes: You can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been, it's all been a pack of lies.

You can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been, it's all been a pack of lies.

Phil Collins quotes: In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.

Phil Collins quotes: You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.

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 quotes: I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.

I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.

Phil Collins quotes: Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.

Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.

Phil Collins quotes: Everyones a hypercrit and if you don't agree you're a liar as well

Everyones a hypercrit and if you don't agree you're a liar as well

Phil Collins quotes: And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.

And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.

Phil Collins quotes: Put your faith in what you most believe in.

Put your faith in what you most believe in.

Phil Collins quotes: To be honest, I couldn't hold a conversation with anybody in any language other than English - and that's a struggle sometimes!

To be honest, I couldn't hold a conversation with anybody in any language other than English - and that's a struggle sometimes!

Phil Collins quotes: If it's the beginning of something - like an album, I'm working on the lyrics and I take a walkman and headset.

If it's the beginning of something - like an album, I'm working on the lyrics and I take a walkman and headset.

Phil Collins quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Genesis fans are a religious group!

Genesis fans are a religious group!

Phil Collins quotes: Take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space. And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face.

Take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space. And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face.

Phil Collins quotes: Like last night I had a sequence with a gun and, to be honest, for me to be threatening with a gun and not be comical is quite hard.

Like last night I had a sequence with a gun and, to be honest, for me to be threatening with a gun and not be comical is quite hard.

Phil Collins quotes: In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'

In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'

Phil Collins quotes: I never said I was at the Alamo. Someone else said I was at the Alamo. Now I'm a nutter. I don't think that's fair.

I never said I was at the Alamo. Someone else said I was at the Alamo. Now I'm a nutter. I don't think that's fair.

Phil Collins quotes: Wait for it, wait for it! Anticipation is half the fun, So I've been told ...

Wait for it, wait for it! Anticipation is half the fun, So I've been told ...

Phil Collins quotes: There's no magic for getting into the groove ... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.

There's no magic for getting into the groove ... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.

Phil Collins quotes: We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.

We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.

Phil Collins quotes: Think twice; it's just another day for you and me in paradise.

Think twice; it's just another day for you and me in paradise.

Phil Collins quotes: I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.

I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.

Phil Collins quotes: It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me.

It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me.

Phil Collins quotes: Catering on planes, like on British Rail, is a standing joke, but I don't really have a problem with it. I don't quite know what people expect.

Catering on planes, like on British Rail, is a standing joke, but I don't really have a problem with it. I don't quite know what people expect.

Phil Collins quotes: When I was five or six, I started dressing up like Davy Crockett.

When I was five or six, I started dressing up like Davy Crockett.

Phil Collins quotes: As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.

As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.

Phil Collins quotes: I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it.

I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it.

Phil Collins quotes: Testimony is contingent on experience, that's why we're all free spirits

Testimony is contingent on experience, that's why we're all free spirits

Phil Collins quotes: I suppose Phil Collins offers something for everybody, and in hipdom that's not cool. But in the real world, there's no shame in that at all.

I suppose Phil Collins offers something for everybody, and in hipdom that's not cool. But in the real world, there's no shame in that at all.

Phil Collins quotes: The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail.

The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail.

Phil Collins quotes: Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.

Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.

Phil Collins quotes: That's going to be on my headstone: 'He came. He wrote 'In the Air Tonight.' He ... died.'

That's going to be on my headstone: 'He came. He wrote 'In the Air Tonight.' He ... died.'

Phil Collins quotes: God is a spa-bath of water and we are all individual bubbles

God is a spa-bath of water and we are all individual bubbles

Phil Collins quotes: I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.

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

Phil Collins quotes: All I set out to do was to earn a living playing drums, you know? And as luck would have it, I've surpassed that.

All I set out to do was to earn a living playing drums, you know? And as luck would have it, I've surpassed that.

Phil Collins quotes: Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted.

Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted.

Phil Collins quotes: I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody.

I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody.

Phil Collins quotes: 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.

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.

Phil Collins quotes: I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life.

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 quotes: They're the only ones brave enough to give me these opportunities [on being offered a soundtrack!]

They're the only ones brave enough to give me these opportunities [on being offered a soundtrack!]

Phil Collins quotes: Non-physicality may soon come to dominate our reality. Thanx Quatum Mechanics!

Non-physicality may soon come to dominate our reality. Thanx Quatum Mechanics!

Phil Collins quotes: Love can make you do things that you never thought possible.

Love can make you do things that you never thought possible.