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Kevin Richardson
American
Musician
About the author
So if people will pay attention to what I say because of our success as a group, I am going to use that.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#People
#Success
#Will
#Attention
I wasn't originally taking drama, but the drama teacher asked me to audition for Bye, Bye Birdie. I did and got the lead role. Initially I was kind of scared, but once I did it I got bitten by the bug and loved it.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Drama
I've always loved music, not necessarily just the Osmonds.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Music
If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Kids
#Influence
#Parents
#Talking
#Conservation
In musical theater you have to be very big and very animated, while film and television are more toned down.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Film
#Television
#Theater
My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Sisters
My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#School
#Father
#Mom
Once colon cancer becomes symptomatic, nine times out of ten it is too late.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Cancer
Quite a few movies are starting to film in Florida.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Film
#Movies
We're not saying that you don't need coal, but when you do mine the coal there are responsibilities to it. It may cost a little more, but it is the right thing to do.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Right
#Saying
#May
The coal mining industry is very destructive and it doesn't have to be.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
Cancer is just a horrible disease.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Cancer
#Disease
They wanted to do a movie about the Backstreet Boys.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Boys
We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Time
#Food
#Technology
#Prosperity
#Water
I wanted to help raise awareness, so I created an environmental foundation called Just Within Reach.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Help
#Environmental
#Awareness
Prior to that I testified before the Senate subcommittee addressing mountaintop removal.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Senate
I am not a tree-hugger and I don't think mine is an extreme point of view.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Extreme
Florida has tons of entertainment opportunities because Walt Disney World and Universal Studios are there.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#World
#Disney
#Entertainment
I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Play
At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Christmas
But I would lie on the floor and analyze everything. I'd listen to all the strings and the background vocals on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and try to pick out the different instruments.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Night
#Lie
For example, colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Every four minutes someone is diagnosed, and every nine minutes someone dies.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Death
#Leading
#Cancer
#Cause
#states
#United
#Example
I believe as human beings we are out of balance, out of synch with the earth.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Earth
#Balance
I did Chicago on Broadway the year before last. That was a great opportunity and I had a blast.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Opportunity
#Chicago
I had been singing all my life, but I started acting in high school.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Acting
#Life
#School
#Singing
I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Right
#Reading
I have been taking classes and I'm familiar with stage, but I'm not as familiar with acting on camera.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Acting
I just moved to Florida to seek out opportunities.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
I remember lying on the floor of the living room with headphones on when I was four or five years old, listening to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Years
#Old
#Living
#Night
#Listening
#Lying
I sang in church choir all my life, through elementary school, junior high and high school.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Life
#School
#Church
Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out.
Kevin Richardson,
American
Musician
#Power
#Information
#Media