'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a g….

The answer is inside your head; it's easy to find if you take it logically..

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 atte….

To be honest, I couldn't hold a conversation with anybody in any language other than English - and that's a struggle sometimes!.

We all have the same problems in relationships..

When destiny calls you, you've got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you've got to move on..

I don't own an ABBA album, and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about well crafted pop songs, they were fantastic..

You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing..

I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life..

As I've got older, I've got more understanding of relationships and how they work - but every single relationship has different dynamics, so you can'….

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

I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it..

In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'.

Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours..

There's something perverse isn't there, if you're playing in front of 100,000 people and there's 2000 people down the front who don't like, you think….

As I've gotten older and learned more, I realise that Hollywood has not told the truth..

I've spent the last year and a half going through a very public separation, hiding in hotel lobbies..

Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted..

On the day of the show, I sit down with someone that speaks very good English and someone who speaks the local language very well and work out what I….

And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer..

Why 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, th….