Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross
Christopher Crossis an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas. His debut album earned him five Grammy Awards. He is perhaps best known for his US Top Ten hit songs, "Ride Like the Wind", "Sailing", and "Arthur's Theme", the latter recorded by him for the film Arthur starring Dudley Moore. "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth3 May 1951
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.
Lyrically and thematically, the title 'Doctor Faith', that song is about therapy, psychotherapy, and that song is about emotions and personal insight. I think all the songs on the record sort of go along with that.
It's not surprising that in four years we haven't seen real changes. What would be really upsetting is that in another four years we would see things looking exactly the same.
It's not surprising that in four years we haven't seen real changes,
I'm now wearing suits on stage, so I've kinda stepped up my game as far as image. Which I have to admit is kind of a pain the butt, but it's fun. It gives you a certain amount of confidence to walk on stage and look nice, but I can't say that I'm totally buying into the whole image factor.
I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.
I'm a very private, very reclusive kind of guy.
I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.
I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.
If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.
I came out to California from Texas, to the Haight, and the Fillmore and all that stuff, and totally got the bug.
We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.
The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they'll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier. And they set that bar for us where we're always striving to do something better than the last time, whether it's the next song or just the next line.
You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.