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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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Phil Collins
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 30
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Of course you can't please everyone all the time. It's just something that I've got to get over, and I'm better at it now.
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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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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.
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I prefer black music in general.
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I do miss things about Britain. I think there was a misconception, there definitely was, that I left because of bad press, and being pilloried. I left Britain because I fell in love with someone who lived in Switzerland - that was the main thing.
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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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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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As a writer, author, creator of something the fact that people are still interested, is fantastic.
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Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.
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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.
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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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That's going to be on my headstone: 'He came. He wrote 'In the Air Tonight.' He... died.'
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Things happen, but things happen and you follow... your heart is too dramatic, but you follow.
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No seriously... when there's families, you tend to go back to your room after the gig rather than go for a drink with the other guys. But there's always someone who's got something going, like the tour manager.
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Often there's a BA crew, because half the time we stay at the same hotels, especially in Australia. I can remember spending quite a lot of time with crews around the pool there. They always make themselves known to us.
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I am stopping so I can be a full time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.
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When destiny calls you, you've got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you've got to move on.
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They're the only ones brave enough to give me these opportunities [on being offered a soundtrack!]
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