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Phil Collins

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I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.


— Phil Collins


#ages #before #class #early #except

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


— Phil Collins


#audience #because #country #i #i do

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.


— Phil Collins


#belong #entirely #going #happier #i

I don't really listen to music.


— Phil Collins


#listen #music #really

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.


— Phil Collins


#fortunate #i #i do #just #living

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


— Phil Collins


#getting #lined #making #possibly #promotion

I joined Genesis when I was 19. I've earned the right to actually do nothing. I don't want to be a shadow of what I was, so I've kind of just quite willingly stood back.


— Phil Collins


#back #earned #genesis #i #joined

I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better.


— Phil Collins


#cope #crossing #day #difference #i

I never stopped thinking about the Alamo from that day to this. I'm a huge collector of memorabilia. I've got Davy Crockett's bullet pouch. I've got Colonel Travis's belt.


— Phil Collins


#belt #bullet #collector #colonel #day

I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you've got to do now is sell about 10,000 singles and you're in the charts.


— Phil Collins


#beatles #charts #day #got #grew






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Did you know about Phil Collins?

1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart – the longest time ever up to that point. With Collins as drummer the band performed jazz renditions of various Collins and Genesis hits. Collins also promoted Going Back with his first and only appearance on the BBC's foremost music series Later.

His solo career heavily influenced by his personal life brought both himself and Genesis commercial success. He was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. Following Gabriel's departure in 1975 Collins became the group's lead singer.

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