220 Quotes by Phil Collins

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.

Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers

I have never been a Conservative, or at least not since being a young teenager. My father voted Conservative, and even his doing that was a hangover from the '50s and '60s, which may have been an influence on me.

As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.

Think twice; it's just another day for you and me in paradise.

I don't want to preach, but I really think the rudiments are very important to developing your drumming skills. Many of the patterns I've recorded came from things like paradiddles, flam paradiddles, flam triplets... They might be boring to sit down and practice, but not when you apply them to the drums.

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

There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.

I used to go to my local pub and it was like a sanctuary, nobody dared ask for an autograph. You went in there for a ploughman's and a pint, and you went home and watched TV. Believe me, there's more to watch on British TV than American, except for CNN right now. But yeah, I miss it.