Education Quote by Phil Collins

Phil Collins is letting you peek behind the curtain at a very specific mid-career pivot: the pop star learning to think like a storyteller. The hook in his comment is that phrase "very interesting" - classic Collins understatement for something that, for a radio-built songwriter, is actually a major rewiring of craft. Broadway is less about the clean dopamine hit of a hook and more about architecture: songs have to carry plot, character, and pacing, night after night, without the safety net of studio sheen.

The subtext is apprenticeship. Collins is name-checking Brother Bear not to brag but to justify his credentials in a new arena. Film scoring and Broadway writing share a demand for emotional cueing and thematic recall; you plant motifs, vary them, bring them back when the audience needs to feel something before they can explain it. He's signaling that he now thinks in terms of palette and leitmotif, not just a band lineup.

The most revealing line is "Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards". That's a gentle swipe at the constraints of his own legacy: the comfortable grammar of pop and rock. It also hints at the cultural moment where pop musicians were being invited into prestige spaces (Disney, then Broadway) and had to prove they could do more than write hits. Collins frames the shift as curiosity rather than ambition, which is savvy: it makes the move feel like artistic growth, not career maintenance. In one sentence, he’s defending crossover, admitting vulnerability, and announcing reinvention.