Phil Collins: Music star has “become very sick”

Personal ability to get a worship by Phil Collins (74): Talked about his current condition. “I got very sick,” explains the 74-year-old in it. This is also the reason why he no longer makes new music.

“I keep thinking about going to the studio and seeing what happens,” said Collins in the conversation. “But I’m no longer hungry for it.” He added: “The thing is that I was sick. I mean very sick.”

The musician also spoke about his state of health in the recently published documentary “Phil Collins: Drummer First”. The “In The Air Tonight” interpret explained in the documentary that it can be seen on YouTube that he must continue to process that he could no longer play drums: that was still not quite penetrated, Collins said in a conversation According to the US media reports, it was already started in October 2022.

“I spent my whole life playing drums. Suddenly not being able to do it, a shock is,” said Phil Collins. The musician started with the instrument when he was five years old. In March 2022 he had to give it up.

In addition to several health problems with which he has been faced in recent years, the Genesis member also diagnosed a foot disease. This led to it no longer feels in one of his feet. He also had to get through an operation on the back.

In the film, Phil Collins explained that over the years “playing the drums had a high tribute” in terms of his hands and legs. He added: “If I can no longer do what I did as well as I did it, I prefer to relax and do nothing more.”

In addition, the music star in the documentary says when he wakes up one day and can hold the drumsticks, “then I’ll try”. But he had the feeling “that I used up my flight miles”.

Collins’ son Nic (23), who stepped into his father’s footsteps and plays drums, also speaks in the documentary about his father’s health. “Musicians, people in bands in general, had the idea that they are invincible,” said the 23-year-old. “I think that is what my father concerns, this feeling that as a drummer you are invincible, that you do what you do. But you don’t know that it demands your tribute in the long run.”