Phil Collins to quit music?
Critics to end Collins' crooning career?
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Phil Collins could be about to hang up his microphone once and for all.
But no, that doesn't mean the former Genesis man is considering a return to behind the kit.
Instead, he's hinted he could end his professional recording career altogether.
So, what could possibly make the veteran drummer-turned-crooner come to this decision? Well, it turns out he's sick and tired of criticism.
He told Rolling Stone magazine: "All my life I've put out music and people have criticised it. Why keep doing that? I don't need the money.
"In the future I think I'll write songs in my basement and never play for anybody."
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Let's hope the critics are kind when it comes to reviewing Phil's new album Going Back, which is out in September.
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