Quotes By Rick Springfield

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

It's a rock 'n' roll thing to have one-night stands.

I can't imagine that anybody is as screwed up as I am.

I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.

I was - I've always been a bit of perpetual adolescent.

I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.

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

I'll watch any show on the History Channel.

I mean I was famous for nothing.

I'm surrounded by great guitar players.

I've gone pretty high at times so I think the yin yang of that is going pretty low.

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.

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

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

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

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

When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.

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.

I love acting.

I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.

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

I have seen my mugshot.

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

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

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

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

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

Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me.

I meditate. Meditation helps me.