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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

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Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted.

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I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me. I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely.

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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.

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In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'

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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.

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'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a good time for me, because you do take a bit of a browbeating and, as you get older, you become better at accepting it and realizing why it happens.

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Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

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It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me.

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I can't play anywhere near like I used to, and I was a hot drummer. It doesn't bother me, because frankly, if you get to that point where you can't hold a drumstick properly, there are many other things in life which are far more important, like cutting a loaf of bread or a piece of cheese.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: January 30th, 1951

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