Rick Springfield Quotes

I'm a songwriter, principally, and I was real excited that people liked my songs, but you get a bit of an ego about it.

- Rick Springfield

Real, Excited, About, Principally

Young female voices are the loudest voices of all with the fans.

- Rick Springfield

Young, Voices, Female, Loudest

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

- Rick Springfield

Want, Noah, Identities, Rick

You're always searching for the thing to heal you, and I thought therapy would give me that. But it didn't - it just helps you recognize your demons.

- Rick Springfield

Thought, Give, Always, Heal

I'm surrounded by great guitar players.

- Rick Springfield

Great, Surrounded, Players, Guitar Players

You can tell when someone has had a facelift and I haven't had a facelift, and I look like I haven't had a facelift.

- Rick Springfield

Tell, Someone, Like, Facelift

There will always be rock stars, but I don't know how much depth and longevity they'll have.

- Rick Springfield

Stars, Will, Always, Rock Stars

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

- Rick Springfield

Girl, Singers, Looked, Lennon

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

- Rick Springfield

Musicians, Think, Writers, Underrated

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

- Rick Springfield

Timing, Special, Gods, Something Special

I think good art does come from a dark place.

- Rick Springfield

Art, Think, I Think, Good Art

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

- Rick Springfield

Think, Pretty, I Think, Yang

Relationships and the stress of the world going down, it puts a lot of stress on people, you know financially.

- Rick Springfield

Relationships, Puts, Lot, Financially

I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.

- Rick Springfield

My Life, I Write, Which, Painfully

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

- Rick Springfield

Been, Had, Would, Schooling

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.

- Rick Springfield

Used, Cut, Racket, Guitars

I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.

- Rick Springfield

Happy, Kid, Hit, Teen Years

The danger in promiscuity is that it's always barking at your heels.

- Rick Springfield

Heels, Always, Barking, Promiscuity

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

- Rick Springfield

Always, Been, Bit, Adolescent

It would be pretty shabby to appear flippant around a documentary that's about how much I love my fans.

- Rick Springfield

Love, Pretty, About, Shabby

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

- Rick Springfield

Music, Very, Video, Music Video

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

Audience, Other, Being, Camera

I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.

- Rick Springfield

Think, Expect, Ever, Permanently

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

Marketing, Doing, Were, Teen Idol

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

- Rick Springfield

Nails, Always, Nine, Tool

I'd say that after my father passed my writing changed, it went deeper. Most would say 'matured' but I don't think I'd use that word in relation to my progress. I think 'change' is a little more accurate.

- Rick Springfield

I Think, Use, Accurate, Matured

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

- Rick Springfield

Discovered, Very, Use, Puberty

Other than dying, I think puberty is probably about as rough as it gets.

- Rick Springfield

Think, Other, I Think, Puberty

The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.

- Rick Springfield

Song, Doing, Centered, Point-Of-View

I was pretty burned out in '85 and was getting - starting to get into some issues.

- Rick Springfield

Some, Pretty, Getting, Starting

I meditate. Meditation helps me.

- Rick Springfield

Meditation, Me, Meditate, Helps

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

- Rick Springfield

Toys, Some, Very, As Far As

Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships.

- Rick Springfield

Relationships, Yes, Songs, Personal Experience

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

- Rick Springfield

Love, Old, Been, True Love

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

- Rick Springfield

Magic, Mission, Reason, Butt

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

- Rick Springfield

Rock, Stands, Rock N Roll, One-Night

You never really shake depression and that's a tough road you have to deal with.

- Rick Springfield

Never, Deal, Shake, Depression

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

- Rick Springfield

Karma, About, Also, Troubles

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

- Rick Springfield

Birthday, Got, Ever, Guitar

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

- Rick Springfield

Kid, England, Mills, Kiss

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.

- Rick Springfield

Thankful, My Life, Other, Gone

When you have a kid and people go, 'What a beautiful child,' it's the same kind of reaction when you play a song that people recognize and love.

- Rick Springfield

Love, Song, Play, Recognize

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

- Rick Springfield

Think, Feels, Ever, Acknowledged

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

Break, Heading, Put, Box

There were times when I've not wanted to be in my own skin, and that's a very scary feeling.

- Rick Springfield

Own, My Own, Very, Scary

Over all life is what it is and regretting is a pointless thing.

- Rick Springfield

Over, Regretting, Thing, Pointless

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

- Rick Springfield

Get, Ways, Times, Inspired

I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.

- Rick Springfield

Success, Hits, Had, Australia

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

- Rick Springfield

Listening, Practice, Records, Musicians

I was more than just a moody artist.

- Rick Springfield

Artist, More, Than, Moody

I've never said, 'I'm squeaky clean.' It's always the people who project that image that are hiding something. No one's squeaky clean.

- Rick Springfield

Project, Always, Image, Hiding

I can't imagine that anybody is as screwed up as I am.

- Rick Springfield

I Am, Anybody, Imagine, Screwed

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

- Rick Springfield

Connected, Messing, Took, Plane

I'll watch any show on the History Channel.

- Rick Springfield

History, Watch, Show, Channel

You always want to feel you're not the only one going through something unpleasant.

- Rick Springfield

Through, Always, Going, Unpleasant

You know, everybody is dealing with issues.

- Rick Springfield

Know, Everybody, Issues, Dealing

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

- Rick Springfield

Dark, Wrote, Those, Quiet

I've always treated women well.

- Rick Springfield

Women, Well, Always, Treated

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

- Rick Springfield

Music, Once, Wanted, Discovered

My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.

- Rick Springfield

Trust, Children, Always, Built

As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

- Rick Springfield

Here, Other, Them, Gotten

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

- Rick Springfield

Pretty, Read, Learned, Socialize

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