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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...ic-career.html
The 60-year-old star says he feels it is "a good time to stop" making music, adding: "I don't think anyone's going to miss me."
He has hearing problems, a dislocated vertebra and nerve damage in his hands, all brought on by a lifetime spent hunched behind a drum kit.
The songwriter also claims that listeners have grown "sick" of him and that there is no longer a place for him in the current music scene.
"I look at the MTV Music Awards and I think: 'I can't be in the same business as this'," Collins says in an interview with FHM magazine.
"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.
"I'll go on a mysterious biking holiday and never return. That would be a great way to end the story, wouldn't it?" Collins, who lives alone in Switzerland after divorcing his third wife in 2007, has enjoyed huge popularity over 40 years as both a drummer and singer with the rock band Genesis and then as one of the biggest-earning solo artists of all time.
He claims that it was this success and the overplaying of his music which made people "want to strangle" him. "It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me. I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that," he says.
The star, who has sold more than 150 million records, says his main focus now is his two sons, Nicholas and Matthew, by his third wife Orianne Cevey. "I'm not worried about not being able to play the drums again, I'm more worried about being able to cut a loaf of bread safely or building things for my kids," he says.
"My doctors tell me it's a work in progress, that it will take about a year for me to recover."
He said he has been told his hands are not strong enough to play the drums. "I don't think I'll ever be able to do that again," he said.
Collins once disclosed that the only way he could play was by taping his drumsticks to his hands.
The star, who has two children by previous marriages, joined Genesis in 1970 as drummer and later replaced Peter Gabriel as lead singer. In the 1980s he had hits such as In The Air Tonight, Against All Odds and Two Hearts, while continuing with Genesis.
He won an Oscar for his song You'll Be in My Heart from the 1999 Disney animated film Tarzan, and seven Grammy Awards. His last album, Going Back, released last year, was a collection of Motown and soul classics and topped the British charts in September

gmanca

Sucks to see him be so down on his work; Collins has always been a great musician and that never goes out of style.

Groucho

"My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over..."

cungar

Great musicians who create crap work go out of style.

Numanoid

Yeah, that's pretty sad. A true artist can't help but keep creating, regardless of whether they're "cool" or profitable.

cungar

Your avatar knows that all too well.

van der graaf

This decision is about 30-something years too late. Should have happened after Hackett left Genesis and his work with Brand X. Everything he has done since then has been utter shite.

brainee

Exactly. I don't get such a defeatist attitude, unless he's legit clinically depressed. There are lots of musicians who don't fit into the styles getting played at the MTV Music Awards. And it's a good thing for good music they don't have Phil's attitude. At this point in his career, he should be able to make whatever music he wants and not care if its popular. And if he ever wants to play live, I'm sure he'd have no problem selling out concerts.

JeffTheAlpaca

In The Air Tonight is a great song. I will never forget his guest appearance on Miami Vice

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I heard he is quitting because of health problems.



http://abcnews.go.com/Health/slidesh...oblems-6638908

Chrisedge

Did you miss the part about nerve damage in his hands? He is a drummer first, vocalist second. Maybe he is down because he can't play drums anymore...

Coral

So I guess his motown CD didn't sell very well?

I was never a huge fan, but ever since No Jacket Required - I wanted him to just go away.

gmanca

Here's the b-side that he replaced the lyrics over to make that quick song.

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Lateralus

I don't think Phil knows what he is talking about. If Phil would get back with Genesis and include Peter Gabriel the music world would go ape shit and they would probably sell out places like Yankee stadium multiple nights. I find it pretty amazing how old Genesis still packs people in, I've seen tribute bands draw 1500+ multiple nights singing old Genesis songs.

Ropes Pierre

Wait, so who is going to play lead guitar for Def Leppard if he retires?

Hokeyboy

Michael Corvin

I know I stand alone on this but I loved his work on Tarzan.

Bluelitespecial

I wasn't old enough in the 80s to know his music then, but have enjoyed a lot of it today such as "in the air tonight", "Sussudio", and "Take Me Home". He probably makes enough money off of the 80s music to be set for life.

Hokeyboy

I hated Sussudio in 1985. Fucking hated it more than life itself. 26 years later, it still blows. I'll always be a Genesis fan but Phil's solo work can go shit in a melon.

Drexl

I don't see a big deal with him deciding to stop. Not every rock performer wants to keep going as long as Bob Dylan or Paul Simon (both will turn 70 this year). Or heck, BB King, who is 85 and still at it.

Bluelitespecial

I like Sussudio mostly because it was in Amercian Psycho.

Supermallet

I liked Phil's solo career all the way through Both Sides in the early 90's. He's lost his touch, but it's sad that his body has crapped out that way. I mean, shit, he says he's worried about cutting a slice of bread safely.

Sonny Corinthos

Phil Collins was a huge part of the music I listened to in the 80's. Thankfully, it will always be around for future generations to enjoy.

JeffTheAlpaca

thanks for the Man with No Horn link.

I wish he did Life As A Rat Race as a full song since it is much faster and has more melody.

Numanoid

I haven't heard of other rock drummers suffering so. Was he doing it wrong?

Numanoid

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