Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Phil Collen

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English musician Phil Collen.

Last updated on November 15, 2024.

Philip Kenneth Collen is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard, joining the band in 1982 during the recording of the Pyromania album. Prior to joining Def Leppard, Collen had performed with a number of bands in the burgeoning British glam metal scene. Outside of Def Leppard, with which he still records and performs live, he has been involved in a number of side projects most notably the trio Man Raze, with which he is the lead singer and sole guitarist.

English - Musician | Born: December 8, 1957

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We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England.

Phil Collen

Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun.

Phil Collen

The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.

Phil Collen

That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale.

Phil Collen

I think if you're inspired, you don't let a little thing like scheduling and deadlines get in your way.

Phil Collen

It's great to get insight into the era of 80's rock-n-roll via a treasure trove of photographs skillfully captured in front of Mark Weiss' camera lens. This event is the perfect time capsule for Mark's work finally being released upon the masses in 2012.

Phil Collen

A lot of people go, "I'm influenced by the Beatles and Zeppelin," and they just sound like a karaoke.

Phil Collen

If you want to achieve something, you have to work a little harder and get out of your comfort zone. That is with everything: relationships, the band, music, athletics. All of the above.

Phil Collen

Blues artists now try and stay in a box. Back in the day at all the clubs you would see James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, The Isley Brothers, Little Richard and Etta James all play the same venues. It was a mix of funk, soul, blues and rock 'n' roll.

Phil Collen

Zeppelin were a blues band but [also] so much more, [as were] The Stones.

Phil Collen

Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Phil Collen

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