Quotes from Phil Collins

In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan - my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to Canada to be near her parents.

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

I've bought pretty much every book ever written about the Alamo, and I talk to my friends that I've made over the past 15, 20 years. It's just a constant learning and fascinating thing for me.

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

Put your faith in what you most believe in.

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

Love can make you do things that you never thought possible

In learning we teach and in teaching we learn.

The world is in your hands, now use it.

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.

Out of raw emotion emerges instinctive truth.

People hate a break-up, but they love a break-up song.

not being able to read music is absolutely liberating for me. It gives me a wider musical vocabulary. There

Just look over your shoulder...I'll be there always.

I'll be there for you, always Always and always Just look over your shoulder I'll be there, always.

When he isn't drumming with The Who, Moonie seems to like playing barman in La Chasse. I buy a round from him one night, and he gives me back more money than I'd handed over. Another reason to love him.

It takes some going to live next door to Keith Richards and be classed as the rowdy neighbor. No, I'm not proud.

And now I realize: I was fired. They didn't disappear to watch football, or do drugs. They were getting rid of me.

I wanna know, can you show me I wanna know 'bout these Strangers Like Me Tell me more, please show me Something's familiar 'bout these Strangers Like Me

Mick Jagger does it and, well, of course he does—he's Mick. Phil Collins does it and what an arsehole.

Well, shall we play Phil the song first?" No one says that.

In the Air Tonight" is 99.9 percent sung spontaneously, the words dreamt up from out of nowhere

Because he has a flatmate, I have no option but to share Trevor's bed. Terrified, I try to sleep, fitfully and fully dressed on top of the blankets. Presently, the fidgeting begins, and soon a hand is creeping over. I'm out of there quicker than you can say "paradiddle.

I see your true colours And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show Your true colours