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 SpringfieldAs 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 SpringfieldResiduals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.
Rick SpringfieldI write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.
Rick SpringfieldGod has spoken to me differently through my life, and it has gotten better as I've gotten older. I don't know if that's my reception or his maturing.
Rick SpringfieldAt this young age I am already sold on the idea of the dog. One of God's absolutely greatest inventions and one that needs no more tinkering. The dog is the perfect beast, companion, friend, shoulder to lean on, and scapegoat when too many cookies are missing. And a dog won't hold that against you, either. I am at peace sitting in silence with a dog.
Rick SpringfieldThere weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.
Rick SpringfieldThere will always be rock stars, but I don't know how much depth and longevity they'll have.
Rick SpringfieldMy wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.
Rick SpringfieldThe only good grades I ever got in school before I was kicked out were for creative writing. I thought that fiction might be in my future but then my career took a different path once the Beatles showed me what a blast being in a band could be. Writing my memoir Late, Late at Night reminded me how much I love the craft. So I decided to give fiction a shot again.Magnificent Vibration is the result. I’m still not quite sure where it came from, but once I got going, it practically wrote itself. I’ve heard writers I admire speak of that phenomenon, so maybe I’m on the right track.
Rick Springfield