Phil Collins Quotes
As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.
Quotes to Explore
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That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
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Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it's good for you.
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Language is possible due to a number of cognitive and physical characteristics that are unique to humans but none of which that are unique to language. Coming together they make language possible. But the fundamental building block of language is community.
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Research confirms that great teachers change lives. Students with one highly effective elementary school teacher are more likely to go to college, less likely to become pregnant as teens, and earn tens of thousands more over their lifetimes.
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Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.
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Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
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Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.
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I am making myself less frequent in the Lady World than I have been. I must keep up my dignity, or rather, I must attend more to politics and less to love.
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
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The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. We're just... normal people.
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One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.
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During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show.
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Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.
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Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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I never had a long-term plan.
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I spend three hours a day writing and the rest of my day getting over it.
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Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.
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That one record changed everything for me. After Sgt. Pepper, it's the most influential record in the history of rock and roll. It affected Pink Floyd deeply, deeply, deeply. Philosophically, other albums may have been more important, like Lennon's first solo album. But sonically, the way the record's constructed, I think Music from Big Pink is fundamental to everything that happened after it.
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As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.
