Drummers get bored. You tell them to play something simple, and it gets more complicated as they do it. If they're not a composer, if they don't have any kind of investment in the music, they'll just add a bit there and another bit there, and you think no! Don't do that. So you end up using a drum machine.
Phil CollinsLike last night I had a sequence with a gun and, to be honest, for me to be threatening with a gun and not be comical is quite hard.
Phil CollinsI'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life.
Phil CollinsOf 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.
Phil CollinsWhy did I like simpler songs? Just times change. This is one of the repeated things I hear: even though people will read different kinds of books, they don't read Lord of the Rings when they're 30 even though they did at 15.
Phil Collins