Soon after, he found himself performing in shows at his parents\u2019 boating club.\n
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\u201cWhen I started playing seriously, the English beat thing was just happening, the Shadows and bands like that. It was the very early \u201960s,\u201d Collins recalled.\n \u201cI remember buying Please Please Me. I used to put the record player on very loud and set up my drums so I was facing the mirror, that way you don\u2019t look at what you\u2019re doing.\n \u201cThen when I was fourteen I went to a teacher to learn to read drum music. I figured when this rock-and-roll thing finished I would have to make a living playing in a dance band or in an orchestra pit.\n So I learned to read drum music, but I found that my capacity for reading was not anywhere near as good as actually playing by instinct.\u201d\n It was in the 1970 that Collin\u2019s life changed forever. He was already playing in some bands when he came across an ad by a group called Genesis which was looking for a drummer.\n He decided to get in touch with them and the rest is history. In the first years of Collins being part of it, the group released five albums with singles that reached the charts.\n After the founder and lead singer of Genesis left the group, Collins took his place. He was both a singer and a drummer.\n Speaking of his new role, he said he didn\u2019t really feel comfortable, but as the group failed to find a singer, he simply stepped in.\n Besides being a member of Genesis, Collins also had a very impressive solo career. With smash hits such as In The Air Tonight, You Can\u2019t Hurry Love and I Don\u2019t Care Anymore he soon became one of the best in the music industry.\n When he decided to leave the group and focus on his solo career, Collins said: \u201cHaving been with Genesis for 25 years, I felt it time to change direction in my musical life.\n \u201cFor me now it will be music for movies, some jazz projects and of course my solo career. I wish the guys in Genesis all the very best in their future. We remain the best of friends.\u201d\n However, in 2017, he decided to reunite with the band. Last year, they announced a world tour, The Last Domino, but had to put it on hold because of the pandemic.\n And as fans were looking forward to seeing the group on stage together, Collins gave an interview with BBC Breakfast which made many concerned about his health. He and his band mates announced that it will be Collins\u2019 son Nicholas who would do the drumming and Collins will only sing.\n \u201cNic is a great drummer, but he is capable of sounding like early Phil. For Mike and I, that was always quite exciting,\u201d Genesis band member Tony Banks said.\n \u201cIt means you can play some of the songs that you haven\u2019t played with Phil as the drummer for a long time.\u201d\n Speaking of why he\u2019s not getting behind the drums, the musician revealed: \u201cI\u2019d love to but you know, I mean, I can barely hold a stick with this hand. So there are certain physical things that get in the way.\n \u201cI\u2019m kind of physically challenged a bit which is very frustrating because I\u2019d love to be playing up there with my son,\u201d adding that he doesn\u2019t know if he wants to be touring any longer.\n \u201cWe\u2019re all men of our age, and I think to some extent, I think it probably is putting it to bed,\u201d he said. \u201cI think yeah, I think just generally for me, I don\u2019t know if I want to go out on the road anymore.\u201d\n During the past few years, Collins experienced certain health issues which left him struggling to get on his feet.\n Speaking to Billboard, he revealed that after a surgery in 2009, he was left with dislocated vertebra, nerve damage. 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