Phil Collins never wanted to sing for Genesis
Phil Collins admitted in an interview with the newspaper The Telegraph that he did not want to sing for Genesis but he only wanted to remain a drummer. “We were all from different backgrounds. Tony, Pete and Mike obviously did the public school thing. Just that alone meant that I was a totally different animal ’cause I came from drama school, where anything went. And [at] public school you’re on such a tight rein – guitars being banned and all this kind of thing. I had a school band – it was encouraged.
“So those examples and everything in between meant we were all cut from different cloth. And even the guys that went to school together, there was probably more acrimony among that lot than there was between them and us.”
“And it was good to get a few things off our chests about the misunderstandings that maybe have come up. There are some out there that would claim that I was wringing my hands when Pete left ’cause I could take over and change the band. And I said on camera: ‘I never bloody wanted to sing!’ I was happy to be the drummer.” But at the same time, he says: “So what? If I hadn’t been the singer, I would never have had a solo career.”
Source: The Telegraph
