Collins, who lives in Switzerland, insists he is happy to be "written out of the script entirely" now that he has dodgy hearing and his hands are no longer able to grip a pair of drumsticks. 
 
 The singer and drummer no longer wants to be a pop star, play gigs or even be Phil Collins. "I don't think anyone's going to miss me," he told FHM Magazine. "I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely..." 
 
 Last autumn he released a collection of faithfully re-recorded Motown standards called Going Back. He added: "I know that when I did interviews it came across like I could do everything, but I've never actually felt like that. I went through all my own VHS stuff recently and found mountains of old interviews with me and it was very, very hard to watch. I barely recognised the person I saw from that time. 
 
 "I'm a very different person now. I saw some of this show of mine from 1985 and I was on-stage and I never stopped running, never stopped talking. The fact that people got so sick of me wasn't really my fault. Yes there was a lot of me to dish out - there was me, me and Earth, Wind & Fire's Phil Bailey, me and Genesis, me and that movie I was in, Buster - there was a lot of stuff. But I only made those records once." 
 
 Asked when he became 'the pop star that nobody likes', Phil replied: "Around the time that the music was being played so incessantly people wanted to strangle me. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me. I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that!" 
 
 He added: "I look at the MTV Music Awards and I think, "I can't be in the same business as this." I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me. I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely. I'll go on a mysterious biking holiday... And never return. That would be a great way to end the story, wouldn't it?" 
 
 Speaking about Noel Gallagher's famous criticism of his music, Phil said: "He definitely seems to consider me the Anti-Christ of music. There's nothing I can do to change that impression of me. I have, at times, been very down about it." 
 
 Asked if he had ever felt suicidal about his critics, Collins added: "Tony Hancock's suicide note read, 'Too many things went wrong too often...' That's something I find hard to forget." 
 
 The hearing in his left ear is ruined; he has a dislocated vertebra in his neck and nerve damage in his hands. He said: "I think of it like Air Miles - it's all part of the job. I'm not worried about not being able to play the drums again, I'm more worried about being able to cut a loaf of bread safely or building things for my kids. My doctors tell me it's a work in progress, that it'll take about a year for me to recover. They're not strong enough to play the drums. I don't think I'll ever be able to do that again." 
 
 Asked if he is officially, an ex-rock star now, Phil replied: "It feels like a good time to stop for a while. David Letterman wanted me to go on his show on a Monday night recently but I said, "No. Can't do it. I have the kids on a Monday." And my label said, "But this is Letterman!" And I was like, "Guess what? I. Don't. Give. A. F---!" 
 
 The full interview appears in this month's FHM Magazine, on sale now. ||||| Phil Collins Quits Music Due to Health Problems 
 
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 The 'Sussudio' entertainer revealed that years of sitting hunched behind his drum kit have left him with an array of medical issues. Collins' ailments range from hearing loss to a dislocated vertebra and nerve damage in the same hands he uses to hold drumsticks, making performing for fans an otherwise painful experience. 
 
 
 
 Collins apologizes that his choice to retire may upset fans, considering the more than positive run he's had throughout his career. "I'm sorry that it was all so successful," he stated. "I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me." Phil Collins has decided to bow out from the business that made him. The British singer has reportedly told FHM that he is leaving the music industry due to health problems he's experienced for several years.The 'Sussudio' entertainer revealed that years of sitting hunched behind his drum kit have left him with an array of medical issues. Collins' ailments range from hearing loss to a dislocated vertebra and nerve damage in the same hands he uses to hold drumsticks, making performing for fans an otherwise painful experience.Collins apologizes that his choice to retire may upset fans, considering the more than positive run he's had throughout his career. "I'm sorry that it was all so successful," he stated. "I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me." 
 
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 Despite his lack of producing new songs as of late, the 60-year-old Genesis drummer holds 13 hit singles, seven Grammys and an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999 for his work on Disney's 'Tarzan.'While loyal supporters will have to get their Phil Collins fix by relying on his past catalog of tunes, the performer has a somewhat different view of how he's perceived in the music business. "I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me," Collins said. "I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely."
– Phil Collins is quitting music—and he basically thinks the planet's reaction will be good riddance. "I don't think anyone's going to miss me," the former Genesis drummer told FHM magazine, via the Telegraph. Highlights from the interview: Health is a big issue: Among his ailments: ruined hearing in his left ear, a dislocated vertebra in his neck, nerve damage in his hands. He said: "I think of it like air miles—it's all part of the job. I'm not worried about not being able to play the drums again, I'm more worried about being able to cut a loaf of bread safely or building things for my kids." On being "the pop star that nobody likes": The hatred started "around the time that the music was being played so incessantly people wanted to strangle me. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me. I'm sorry that it was all so successful." On kids these days: "I look at the MTV Music Awards and I think, "I can't be in the same business as this. I don't really belong to that world." On bowing out: "It feels like a good time to stop for a while. David Letterman wanted me to go on his show on a Monday night recently but I said, "No. Can't do it. I have the kids on a Monday." And my label said, "But this is Letterman!" And I was like, "Guess what? I. Don't. Give. A. F***!" Click for more on Collins.