Top 157 Collins Quotes & Sayings

Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope.

When I was a wee little kid, I used to watch 'Dark Shadows' all the time, so I was a Barnabas Collins fan.

I'd really like to do 'Floyd Collins.' I love Adam Guettel.

There's no place in the world you can go and not hear rock-and-roll, from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Phil Collins.

Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer.

Wilkie Collins was a rival and competitor of Dickens. His novel Moonstone sold more copies at the time than Dickens' last two books. But that meant nothing in the long run. Right now, to be honest, Wilkie Collins is what he deserved to be back then: a footnote, an almost lost memory. And he knew he would become that.

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's so f... happy.

BEFORE THERE WAS BILLY COLLINS & TED KOOSER, THERE WAS EDGAR GUEST

Growing up, I became a huge fan of Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins. That's where I really started developing my songwriting skills on a personal level.

Several children present me with scraps of paper for autographs: obviously don't know who I am and don't care. I sign "Jackie Collins" and they go away quite content.

I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.

You'll regret the day you ever messed with Philadelphia Collins and sons

I'm a fan of Genesis prior to Phil Collins. I don't really like Phil.

When I was 5, 'American Bandstand' had a lot of good artists on there, man. That's when I really started falling in love with the jams: Gladys Knight & the Pips, Patti LaBelle, Bootsy Collins, Parliament.

I met Rick Rubin through Cat Collins, a DJ friend of mine that had worked for Rubin at American Recordings.

It's important for the public to know that Chris Collins has the overwhelming support of his district.

Lonnie was ahead of his time, but at the same time he was right in there with Albert Collins's Cool Sounds.

I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee-shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia.

See?" she heard Shane yell at the kitchen. "She doesn't stomp around like a cattle stampede!" "Bite me, Collins! No bacon for you, either!

Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller.

Home in Ireland, I went to Collins Barracks and spent some time wandering around, making notes on the various guns, knives and swords.

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.

I'm not trying to be the next Dave Grohl or Phil Collins.

Let's face it I am not Joan Collins or Boy George.

Doug Collins - people just underestimate him.

I know about the sweet home. I went to school with 'em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.

Expecting anybody else?" Shane asked Eve. "Your distant cousin Jack the Ripper dropping by too?" "Screw you, Collins.

John Collins has been a great offensive rebounder since jump street.

I am Gemma Collins. I don't have to answer to anyone about my fashion choices.

There was much bitterness in the family. There were even those who would liked to have considered Barnabas Collins dead. But he lived on. He lived on-and outlived his enemies.

My dad put me onto Phil Collins and Dream Theater and all that stuff.

I haven't seen or spoken to Ray Collins in at least 10 years so I don't even know if he's alive. I hope so.

It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Michael Collins and it will be recorded at my expense.

Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins.

I suppose Phil Collins offers something for everybody, and in hipdom that's not cool. But in the real world, there's no shame in that at all.

Honestly, I think Lily Collins and Felicity Jones. I think they're very classy, they're elegant, they're British, and they really inspire me because they're incredible actresses.

Oddly enough, I almost never listen to show tunes. But there are some shows I love, like Adam Guettel's 'Floyd Collins.'

Harry Collins was the first magician I ever saw back in 1965 when I was five years old. He was doing a magic show and I was the volunteer from the audience.

Poetry. I read Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Hirschfield. I like to read Billy Collins out loud.

I'd like to play bass like Bootsy Collins. I'm serious. That would be my dream.

After 24 years in Washington, Senator Collins has become part of that broken system, putting special interests and her political party first. And Mainers know it and feel it.

I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress.

I think Wilkie Collins was a man ahead of his time, asking really important questions but also telling a really good and thrilling story.

I listen to a lot of Phil Collins.

You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.

I lived the stuff that Jackie Collins writes about.

I need a dose of the natural environment on a regular basis. It balances the bitumen and high rises of Collins Street.

I think that business book reporting, it's all Jim Collins, it's the story of victory; it's success bias over and over again.

When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.

I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.

Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

Joan Mitchell, Joan Baez, Judy Collins - that was my mom's era.

Ireland has always been a nation of great athletes from the past: in the nineties, we had Sonia O'Sullivan and Steve Collins.

Neither Neil Armstrong nor Michael Collins had a mental breakdown after returning from the moon.

People say footballers have terrible taste in music but I would dispute that. In the car at the moment I've got The Corrs, Cher, Phil Collins, Shania Twain and Rod Stewart.

Launching Collins in the U.S. fulfills the original vision of the 1989 union of Harper & Row and William Collins. Publishing has clarified the many benefits of working as a global company. I believe that a true 21st century publisher is a global publisher. Harper Collins is well on its way.

I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. He's a great vocalist.

To the unwashed public, Joan Collins is a star. But to those who know her, she's a commodity who would sell her own bowel movement.

I feel terrible for women that have had Phil Collins tattoos. Their poor husbands have to deal with.

Joan Collins was the best. She really could sort of pull it off, be really outrageous and never even flinch.