“Wait for it, wait for it! Anticipation is half the fun. So I've been told...”
— Live at Wembley Stadium DVD (July 1987)
“Stewart Copeland is an amazing drummer. I just wish he didn't think he was amazing. Sting is a lovely bloke. We've become friends. I felt honored to be on stage with him at Live Aid.”
— Playboy interview (October 1986)
“I can't remember those words (Lyrics) even when we were on tour.”
— From "Telling Stories", when Collins was asked to sing "Home By The Sea", a song by the band Genesis from the album "Genesis"
“I wouldn't blow my head off. I'd overdose or do something that didn't hurt. But I wouldn't do that to the children. A comedian who committed suicide in the Sixties left a note saying, 'Too many things went wrong too often.' I often think about that.”
— On his suicidal thoughts in recent years — "Exclusive: Phil Collins Admits Suicidal Thoughts", Rolling Stone (9 November 2010)
“They're just horrible. Horrible, horrible guys. They're rude, not as talented as they think they are... I won't mince words here, but they've had a go at me personally.”
— On Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher, BBC programme Room 101, Series 10, Episode 8, 2005
“Past a certain point, the music is no longer mine. It's yours.”
— Phil Collins at Todomusica.org

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Phil Collins is an English artist and Turner prize nominee. He is mainly known for video art, often featuring teenagers. A prominent example of his work is They Shoot Horses (2004), consisting of two videos, each lasting seven hours, and shown at the same time on different walls.

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Phil Collins is an English artist and Turner prize nominee. He is mainly known for video art, often featuring teenagers. A prominent example of his work is They Shoot Horses (2004), consisting of two videos, each lasting seven hours, and shown at the same time on different walls.

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