Rick Springfield

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

I don’t think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

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

Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.

I’ll watch any show on the History Channel.

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

I took that time off – I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.

I was very fortunate to be at the vanguard of music video.

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

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.

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 would have been an Egyptologist if I had had the schooling.

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

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.

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’ve been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that’s my true love.

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.

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

Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.

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

Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me.

When someone pursues music through your music, that’s the greatest accolade anybody can get.