Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins LVO is an English singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and actor. He is known as the drummer and lead singer in the rock band Genesis and as a solo artist. Between 1983 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, Collins had more US top 40 singles than any other...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth30 January 1951
CityLondon, England
You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment...Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.
Each thing leapfrogs. I do a Genesis project - like now, we're just finishing off an album - and then by the time the album is doing its thing, I could do nothing or I could do a film.
We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.
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.
I suppose you can't take kids into consideration all the time, but I just wish there could be a bit of flexibility.
I very rarely listen to the in-flight stuff.
I've been a long-distance father.
If it's the beginning of something - like an album, I'm working on the lyrics and I take a walkman and headset.
Everyones a hypercrit and if you don't agree you're a liar as well
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.
I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely...
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.
Testimony is contingent on experience, that's why we're all free spirits
Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers