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

To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time

I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody.

I feel terrible for women that have had Phil Collins tattoos. Their poor husbands have to deal with.

I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.

I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you’ve got to do now is sell about 10,000 singles and you’re in the charts.

Deep inside us we're not that different at all.