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
God is a spa-bath of water and we are all individual bubbles
The binding of reason and intuition is the fundamental crisis of the era we call humanity. Transcedence of duality is the key.
Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.
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 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 listen to music.
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'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life.
I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.
Genesis fans are a religious group!
I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.
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.
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.
The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail.