Quotes by Christopher Cross

About Christopher Cross:

Christopher Cross is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas. His debut album earned him five Grammy Awards. He is perhaps best known for his US Top Ten hit songs, "Ride Like the Wind", "Sailing", and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", the latter recorded by him for the film Arthur starring Dudley Moore. "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen).
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You got to fight for quality art and equality and all the things that we're fighting for, the things we believe in. Choice and preference and all those things that we support. We don't want to give up that fight. You got to keep doing it.

Christopher Cross

I mean, I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've ...

Christopher Cross

I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've complete...

Christopher Cross

People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.

Christopher Cross

Lyrically and thematically, the title 'Doctor Faith', that song is about therapy, psychotherapy, and that song is about emotions and personal insight. I think all the songs on the record sort of go along with that.

Christopher Cross

If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.

Christopher Cross

I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

Christopher Cross

I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.

Christopher Cross

I'm now wearing suits on stage, so I've kinda stepped up my game as far as image. Which I have to admit is kind of a pain the butt, but it's fun. It gives you a certain amount of confidence to walk on stage and look nice, but I can't say that I'm tot...

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I'm a very private, very reclusive kind of guy.

Christopher Cross

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

Christopher Cross

I mean, it's pretty disillusioning for all of us right now, and we feel pretty helpless when Congress, their approval rating is thirteen percent, and across the board, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, you sort of want to walk in and fire ev...

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You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.

Christopher Cross

The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they'll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier. And they set that bar for us where we're always striving to do something better than the last time, whether it's the next song ...

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Author Bio

  • NameChristopher Cross
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • AliasesChristopher Charles Geppert; Christopher Geppert
  • BornMay 31, 1951
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Singer-songwriter; Composer
  • AwardsGrammy Award For Best New Artist