Rick Springfield
The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.Collection: Christmas
I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.Collection: Poetry
They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.Collection: Teen
I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.Collection: Teen
I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.Collection: Thankful
I mean I was famous for nothing.Collection: Famous
My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.Collection: Communication
The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday.Collection: Birthday
Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.
Over all life is what it is and regretting is a pointless thing.
Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them.
I get inspired at different times and in different ways.
I would have been an Egyptologist if I had had the schooling.
I was more than just a moody artist.
If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.
I was very fortunate to be at the vanguard of music video.
I've gone pretty high at times so I think the yin yang of that is going pretty low.
The danger in promiscuity is that it's always barking at your heels.
I think good art does come from a dark place.
Other than dying, I think puberty is probably about as rough as it gets.
There will always be rock stars, but I don't know how much depth and longevity they'll have.
I meditate. Meditation helps me.
Every actor wants to break out of the box that they put you in and that's where I'm heading, out of the box as fast as I can.
There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.
I don't want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn't Rick Springfield.
When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.
I've always liked the heavier stuff. I've always loved Tool and System of a Down, Korn and Nine Inch Nails.
My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.
Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.
Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.
I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.
Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me.
I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.
I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.
I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.
I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that's my true love.
I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.
I'll watch any show on the History Channel.
Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.
I was pretty burned out in '85 and was getting - starting to get into some issues.
You know, everybody is dealing with issues.
I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.
I'd say that after my father passed my writing changed, it went deeper. Most would say 'matured' but I don't think I'd use that word in relation to my progress. I think 'change' is a little more accurate.
I like to write when I feel I'm the real me.
I was - I've always been a bit of perpetual adolescent.
I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.
Life is good. Yes, it's great.
It would be pretty shabby to appear flippant around a documentary that's about how much I love my fans.
I'm a songwriter, principally, and I was real excited that people liked my songs, but you get a bit of an ego about it.
It's a rock 'n' roll thing to have one-night stands.