The dream for most people is to make enough money before retirement, to be able to recline and enjoy all the fruits of their labour.

But is this really what’s in store for us all; crippling boredom that makes retirement not the fun, relaxing phase it’s supposed to be?

Former Genesis drummer Phil Collins, in a recent interview with Rolling Stones, told the publication that he’s planning a return to full time music. Collins hasn’t released brand new music since 2002, but now says he’s ready for a full time return to the scene.

“I’m no longer officially retired,” he told the magazine.

“The horse is out of the stable and I’m raring to go.”

After his divorce in 2008 and his wife taking the kids away, he said he had too much time on his hands, which nearly killed him.

“It left me with a lot of time on my hands to think about what happened,” he said in the interview

.”I went through a few bits of darkness; drinking too much. I killed my hours watching TV and drinking, and it almost killed me. But I haven’t had a drink in three years.”

He further added that one of his main motivations for getting back to music is so that his two sons can see him doing what he does best.

“My kids are now 10 and 14 and they want to see what their dad does,” he says.

“They were in nappies when I was last on the road. They love my music and I’d like to take them out so they can enjoy it.”

The singer and drummer first found fame with Genesis in the mid-1970s, before segueing into a successful solo career with hits like ‘Against All Odds’ and ‘In the Air Tonight.’

He has sold 150m records worldwide, according to UK’s The Guardian.