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Rick Springfield
American
Musician
About the author
There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Time
#Marketing
#Teen
#Idols
Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Karma
Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Music
My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Kiss
#EnglFirst
Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Music
Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#School
#Guitar
Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Reason
#Magic
#Mission
When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Music
I am a bit more of a whore with my acting than I am with my music. I am not a whore with my music.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Acting
#Music
I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Fans
#Writers
#Musicians
I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that's my true love.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Love
#Years
#Old
#Writing
I've always liked the heavier stuff. I've always loved Tool and System of a Down, Korn and Nine Inch Nails.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
I would have been an Egyptologist if I had had the schooling.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Kids
#Poetry
#Quiet
I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Time
#Being
#Spiritual
I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Pretty
#School
I don't want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn't Rick Springfield.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Want
I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
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.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Actor
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.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Being
If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Right
#Gods
I'll watch any show on the History Channel.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#History
I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
I was very fortunate to be at the vanguard of music video.
Rick Springfield,
American
Musician
#Music