Quotes by Rick Springfield

About Rick Springfield:

Rick Springfield is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, actor and author. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972, when he moved to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 US hits, "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and "Love Somebody".
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I think good art does come from a dark place.

Rick Springfield

He doesn't stop talking for most of the three-hour flight about his time in "'Nam." Finally the conversation slows, and I ask him what he's done since leaving the army. He sums it up in three words: "I'm in insurance." And that's it. That's all he ha...

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The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday.

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If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.

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Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them.

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My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.

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I don't want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn't Rick Springfield.

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I've always liked the heavier stuff. I've always loved Tool and System of a Down, Korn and Nine Inch Nails.

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I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.

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I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.

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I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

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I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.

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There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.

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I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.

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I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

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It's a rock 'n' roll thing to have one-night stands.

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I've gone pretty high at times so I think the yin yang of that is going pretty low.

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I was more than just a moody artist.

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I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.

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I was - I've always been a bit of perpetual adolescent.

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Author Bio

  • NameRick Springfield
  • DescriptionAustralian-American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor
  • BornAugust 23, 1949
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Australia
  • ProfessionActor; Musician; Singer-songwriter; Singer