Phil Collins Quotes

"Catering on planes, like on British Rail, is a standing joke, but I don't really have a problem with it. I don't quite know what people expect."

"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."

"I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things, I've brought into the new Tarzan songs. Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards."

"No seriously... when there's families, you tend to go back to your room after the gig rather than go for a drink with the other guys. But there's always someone who's got something going, like the tour manager."

"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."

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

"The world is in your hands, now use it."

"I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it."

"I remember flying with Air India to New York quite a few years ago now and I love Indian food, so the fact that I had a curry on board was fantastic."

"I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me."

"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."

"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."

"And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right."

"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."

"Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock."

"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."

"I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours."

"On the day of the show, I sit down with someone that speaks very good English and someone who speaks the local language very well and work out what I'm going to say."

"You'll Be in My Heart"

"It's been fun for me too,"