Phil Collins is not “quite motivated” to make new music

In the last special of “Mojo”, dedicated to Genesis which also includes the first details of Peter Gabriel’s new album, Phil Collins has revealed that at the moment he does not have the motivation to create new music, due to the difficulties with his health. In fact, the musician stressed that he is not “quite motivated” to concentrate on musical news.

The latest project of unpublished of the former Genesis dates back to 2003, when he published the soundtrack of “Brother Bear “(“Koda, Orso brother “) of Disney. His seventh and most recent solo album,”Testify “the previous year had come out. Subsequently, in 2010, Collins had published a LP of Cover of Motown and Soul songs entitled “Going back “. A Cause of an injury to the spine in 2007, the musician then had to cope with a series of health problems. During the latest concerts of the Genesis in 2022, Collins performed sitting on a chair while his son Nic took care of the percussion. However, last summer it was reported that Phil Collins was working on New Music for the first time in more than twenty years after having renovated his study. This news had come from the producer and journalist Simon Napier-Bell, who had published a photo of himself with the musician.

To turn off the enthusiasm, Collins himself intervened in the interview for the April issue of “Mojo”, revealing that at the moment he does not have the motivation to create new music, due to the difficulties with his health. “I keep thinking that I should go down to the studio and see what happens,” said Collins: “But I don’t want to want any anymore. The point is that I have been sick, I mean very sick”.