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The world is in your hands, now use it.

Phil Collins

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Phil Collins
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 30
Actor
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Philip David Charles Collins
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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.
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If it's the beginning of something - like an album, I'm working on the lyrics and I take a walkman and headset.
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I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.
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The answer is inside your head it's easy to find if you take it logically.
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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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Deep inside us we're not that different at all.
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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...Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.
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To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time
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Before you write - remember that every speech has something of 'you' in the writing. Don't take that away when you write. Be yourself. Be comfortable in your own skin.
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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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You'll regret the day you ever messed with Philadelphia Collins and sons
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Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.
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When we're touring America or Europe, we use our own plane and a great advantage of that is it cuts out an awful lot of time checking in. You literally drive up to the plane, get on and then drive off at the other end.
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The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail.
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I prefer black music in general.
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There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.
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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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As a writer, author, creator of something the fact that people are still interested, is fantastic.
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That's going to be on my headstone: 'He came. He wrote 'In the Air Tonight.' He... died.'
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I just figured if I'm going to call myself a songwriter throughout my life, then writing for most genres of music is something I should at least attempt.
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