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
I took that time off – I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane. – Rick Springfield
There weren’t a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to. – Rick Springfield
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
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
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
Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar. – Rick Springfield
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
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
My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight. – Rick Springfield
You always want to feel you’re not the only one going through something unpleasant. – Rick Springfield
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
