Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.
— Phil Collins
We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.
I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things, I've brought into the new Tarzan songs. Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.
If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that would have got me into the studio... although Herbie Hancock has just been in touch about doing something and that would be an interesting combination.
I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.
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.
The world is in your hands, now use it.
I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better.
I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.
It's always been easy with Mark, he's a rock fan and we speak the same language. He's a big Beatles fan too. We worked a lot via CLI calls, though only meeting up once every couple of months.
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've spent the last year and a half going through a very public separation, hiding in hotel lobbies.
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.
When we're touring America or Europe, we use our own plane and a great advantage of that is it cuts out an awful lot of time checking in. You literally drive up to the plane, get on and then drive off at the other end.
I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.
The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail.
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.
And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.
Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.
