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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.

Phil Collins

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Phil Collins
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 30
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Philip David Charles Collins
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Everything has added up to a load that I'm getting tired of carrying. It's gotten so complicated. It's the three failed marriages, and having kids that grew up without me, and it's the personal criticism, of being Mr. Nice Guy, or of divorcing my wife by fax, all that stuff, the journalism, some of which I find insulting.
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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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