# Phil Collins is retiring from music.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 6, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-is-retiring-from-music/573636 "2011-03-06T00:07:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-is-retiring-from-music/573636/41 "2011-03-08T04:13:27Z")

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> [@Hodge](#):
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> Just so everyone knows, this is a verbatim quote from _American Psycho_. It seems like everytime somebody mentions Phil Collins or Huey Lewis, some wag thinks it’s clever to go quote Patrick Bateman.

I’ll assume wag means “brilliant mind.”

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-is-retiring-from-music/573636/42 "2011-03-08T07:45:04Z")

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Well, the story is changing. 😃

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> The British pop star “is not, has no intention of, retiring,” says Collins’ rep in the U.K., a few days after an interview the artist gave to FHM went public in which he revealed plans to take “some real serious time off.”

> **[False Alarm! Phil Collins Still in Business](https://www.eonline.com/news/229791/false_alarm_phil_collins_still_in)**
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> Rep says the English popster has no intention of retiring, despite Collins' remarks about hanging it up in a recent magazine interview

I’m not holding my breath for a new tour anytime soon. Phil sounds like he’s pretty burned out right now. Maybe, if the surgery relieves his pain then he could consider doing more music. I hope he doesn’t touch the drums again. His hands are just too messed up.

He’s had a great career and made a fortune. He doesn’t need to continue with music unless he really wants too.

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**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-is-retiring-from-music/573636/43 "2011-03-08T15:09:44Z")

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> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> Reading the interview, his quote about success does sound like sour grapes, but Collins always had a wicked wit and could be quite sarcastic. Thinking it over, he might have been poking fun at his detractors.

Seems I was right. The quote in the linked article really didn’t sound like the Phil Collins I have seen live many times and in numerous interviews.

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**Author:** ![Nightfall1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@Nightfall1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightfall1)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-is-retiring-from-music/573636/44 "2011-03-08T18:03:28Z")

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Originally Posted by Nightfall1  
I have NEVER… in my WHOLE life met ANYONE who cares what music critics say about music. I’m not kidding. You either like the music or you don’t.

C’mon, tons of people care. We have a rock critic with a regular column in our weekly alternative newsrag who’s constantly generating outraged letters to the editor over his trashing of various people’s favorite acts.  
Ok, you’re right about that. Even I get mad when I read a critic that dislikes something I like. I meant to say that I don’t let what a critic says about some music affect what I think about it. Sometimes I use a broad brush. 🙂

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