Kammala wannan jumla: Collins yana da sha'awar dogon lokaci a
da Alamo. Ya tattara daruruwan kayan tarihi da suka danganci sanannen yaƙin 1836 a San Antonio, Texas, ya ba da labarin haske da sauti game da Alamo, kuma ya yi magana a abubuwan da suka shafi hakan. Sha'awarsa game da Yaƙin Alamo ya kuma sa ya rubuta littafin "The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey", wanda aka buga a 2012. An saki wani ɗan gajeren fim a cikin 2013 da ake kira "Phil Collins da Wild Frontier" wanda ke ɗaukar Collins a yawon shakatawa na littafin a watan Yunin 2012. A ranar 26 ga Yuni, 2014, an gudanar da taron manema labarai daga Alamo, inda Collins ya yi magana, yana sanar da cewa yana ba da gudummawar tarin tarin sa ga Alamo ta Jihar Texas. A ranar 11 ga Maris, 2015, don girmama gudummawar da ya bayar, majalisar dokoki ta jihar ta nada Collins a matsayin dan Texas mai daraja. Kamar Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, da Neil Young, Collins mai sha'awar jirgin ƙasa ne. Har ila yau, yana da sha'awar Sarki &amp; Ƙasar soja.