Collins: "If a musician dares to get out of the box he's been put in, people get confused. They want people where they can find them! I am fortunate in some respects as I've always been known as someone who 'moves around' and tries different things. But generally, we are supposed to stay where we're put."

Collins: "I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me."

Collins: "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."

Collins: "All I set out to do was to earn a living playing drums, you know? And as luck would have it, I've surpassed that."

Collins: "I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me. I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely."

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

Collins: "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'm going to say."

Collins: "I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet."

Collins: "I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before."

Collins: "And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right."

Collins: "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."

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

Collins: "Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption."

Collins: "It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me."

Collins: "I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me."

Collins: "I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet."

Collins: "I have never been a Conservative, or at least not since being a young teenager. My father voted Conservative, and even his doing that was a hangover from the '50s and '60s, which may have been an influence on me."