Quotes By Rick Springfield

I mean I was famous for nothing.

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

I'm surrounded by great guitar players.

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

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

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

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.

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

I think good art does come from a dark place.

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

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

I love acting.

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

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

I have seen my mugshot.

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

I like to write when I feel I'm the real me.

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

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

Life is good. Yes, it's great.

I meditate. Meditation helps me.

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

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.

I've always treated women well.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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