Rick Springfield Quotes (37 Quotes)



    I think the new adventurous music is for the kids in a state of flux - they're open to all that - and in 10, 15, 20 years it will be their golden era, and they'll be playing Korn and getting nostalgic.

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

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

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


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

    My dad is a very strong figure in my life and certainly in death he's become even more meaningful. So there's still a lot of things going on in me that pertain to him and my relationship with him,

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

    I'm thought of as very light 'pop-y' kind of music, but it all had very dark undercurrents and I was a very messed up person... there's a lot of double entendre stuff in it.

    Certainly with the radio now, a lot of late 20s, 30s and 40-year-olds don't listen to that music. There's nothing in it for them... but my son can't get enough of it because it's speaking to him and not to us... .A lot of the music that we hear now starts to sound the same.

    I think it's pretty bizarre, ... I think you look to music to help you through (growing old), and the music that's strongest in your soul is the stuff you heard as a kid. I do that all the time. I listen to old albums and there's almost a spiritual support there.

    I can wade into an audience now and not lose a limb, so that's great,

    Probably General Hospital had more to do with me getting known physically than MTV did,

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

    I guess there was a reason why they didn't kill Noah off in the '80s. This should be fun.

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

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


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

    I went through some therapy, working on what was going on inside me, and I got back on track. I certainly have different priorities now. The great thing about having kids -- you can finally get your attention off yourself. There's something more to live for.

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

    It's a big number, but I'm OK with it, ... I went through my midlife crisis at about 38 and 39, so I'm over that.

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



    Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.

    I think I lost my direction at the end of the '80s I didn't know what I was writing anymore,

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


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

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

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


    Thirty, 40 times a day I must get questions when I'm on the road about General Hospital or Noah Drake. It's constant, ... It amazes me that it's still so prevalent in the fans' minds.


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