Top 69 Quotes by Phil Collins

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

It's always been easy with Mark, he's a rock fan and we speak the same language. He's a big Beatles fan too. We worked a lot via CLI calls, though only meeting up once every couple of months.

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.

To see a lot of the smaller labels disappear or get gobbled up by the bigger labels, that's a shame. It was a bit of a shock at first to see the demise of the record stores.

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

The world is in your hands, now use it.

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

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.

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.