Quotes by Rick Springfield

“I think good art does come from a dark place.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“I mean I was famous for nothing.”

“I'll watch any show on the History Channel.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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