Quotes By Kevin Richardson

Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out.

I had been singing all my life, but I started acting in high school.

I just moved to Florida to seek out opportunities.

Cancer is just a horrible disease.

So if people will pay attention to what I say because of our success as a group, I am going to use that.

In musical theater you have to be very big and very animated, while film and television are more toned down.

I wasn't originally taking drama, but the drama teacher asked me to audition for Bye, Bye Birdie. I did and got the lead role. Initially I was kind of scared, but once I did it I got bitten by the bug and loved it.

We're not saying that you don't need coal, but when you do mine the coal there are responsibilities to it. It may cost a little more, but it is the right thing to do.

I wanted to help raise awareness, so I created an environmental foundation called Just Within Reach.

I am not a tree-hugger and I don't think mine is an extreme point of view.

I believe as human beings we are out of balance, out of synch with the earth.

My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters.

The coal mining industry is very destructive and it doesn't have to be.

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.

I did Chicago on Broadway the year before last. That was a great opportunity and I had a blast.

Prior to that I testified before the Senate subcommittee addressing mountaintop removal.

I sang in church choir all my life, through elementary school, junior high and high school.

My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father.

But I would lie on the floor and analyze everything. I'd listen to all the strings and the background vocals on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and try to pick out the different instruments.

I have been taking classes and I'm familiar with stage, but I'm not as familiar with acting on camera.

I remember lying on the floor of the living room with headphones on when I was four or five years old, listening to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

They wanted to do a movie about the Backstreet Boys.

At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special.

Once colon cancer becomes symptomatic, nine times out of ten it is too late.

I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear.

I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.

Quite a few movies are starting to film in Florida.

Florida has tons of entertainment opportunities because Walt Disney World and Universal Studios are there.

If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger.

I've always loved music, not necessarily just the Osmonds.