Phil Collins Quotes
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.
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I like to prove people wrong.
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It's always a live experience - anything that happens around you. It's so easy to just put it to a song.
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There was a film called 'FM,' and we were asked to do the title song. And I said, 'Does it have to have any specific words?' And they said, 'No, it just has to be about FM radio.' It took a day or two to write.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song.
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Well, only Japanese may understand it, but I'm like a goat or something that likes high places.
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I would love to win the Champions League once again. Winning big trophies like the Champions League or the World Cup is usually making people think, 'The players are not hungry any more.' Still, that's not what I feel.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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The world wants to like America.
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I like to be left alone when I'm not working.
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I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything.
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I used to sculpt a bit as a kid.
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I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
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I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction.
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I'm from San Bernardino, California. It's, like, all cows and dairies and very open.
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I don't like piano solos.
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Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
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The song is the center; the song is the key. If you don't have a good song you don't have anything by my value.
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Messengers of Peace such as Midori - and our Goodwill Ambassadors, who work directly with the UN agencies - are dedicated and well-informed and credible advocates on behalf of the United Nations. They help us educate audiences worldwide and rally support on key issues of the United Nations.
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Everything I was feeling, all the hurt and the pain and the emotion I was going through, I put into my music.
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I look to women who epitomize old Hollywood glamour, like Rita Hayworth.
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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.
