Find a way to my heart, and I will always be with you. Phil Collins More Quotes by Phil Collins More Quotes From Phil Collins I'm not sure at all about the current prog rock scene. Phil Collins currentsrocksscene Tattoos don't impress me. For me it's just another awkward part of fame. It's extraordinary - tattoos in basketball and soccer, it's quite extraordinary. Phil Collins tattoobasketballsoccer Think twice; it's just another day for you and me in paradise. Phil Collins another-dayparadisethinking 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 singlesweekgrew-up 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 successfulmeandirty I can't consider myself a drummer any more. Phil Collins drummeri-can Believe it or not, Japanese is actually easier than some European languages! Phil Collins easierlanguagebelieve To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time Phil Collins recordsalbumswant Why did I like simpler songs? Just times change. This is one of the repeated things I hear: even though people will read different kinds of books, they don't read Lord of the Rings when they're 30 even though they did at 15. Phil Collins songbookpeople I think I was the best drummer! Phil Collins drummerthinking The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail. Phil Collins detailslondonrooms 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 starstryinginteresting I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better. Phil Collins making-a-differencestrangedifferences As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour. Phil Collins promotionrecords 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 voicelisteningnight Everything has added up to a load that I'm getting tired of carrying. It's gotten so complicated. It's the three failed marriages, and having kids that grew up without me, and it's the personal criticism, of being Mr. Nice Guy, or of divorcing my wife by fax, all that stuff, the journalism, some of which I find insulting. Phil Collins tirednicekids Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock. Phil Collins days-offrocksaustralia 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. Phil Collins finishingalbumsfilm 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. Phil Collins disappointmentsongkids Often there's a BA crew, because half the time we stay at the same hotels, especially in Australia. I can remember spending quite a lot of time with crews around the pool there. They always make themselves known to us. Phil Collins australiahalfremember
