Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard OBEis a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide. He has total sales of over 21 million singles in the UK and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth14 October 1940
careers important
It's important to put all I have into my career.
rocks careers america
Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own.
careers lifelines music-business
I owe Elvis my career, and the entire music business owes him it's lifeline.
pain careers done
It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved.
adopted changed god happened jesus life
We need to be adopted by God through Jesus - that was what happened to me, and that's what changed my life so that now, I can see that my career can be part of a calling.
And, of course, Barbados is the other place where I like to be.
jesus attitude people
But Jesus changes your attitude towards yourself and towards other people.
people church groups
I have a group of people, about 40, in a local church in Surrey in England, who pray for me regularly.
believe i-believe i-can
I can say I have become far more open about what I believe.
late
I have tried to have a regular daily intake from my Bible, regardless of how late it is.
christian confidence grew
When I became a Christian my confidence grew.
ifs i-can
If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can.
christian art years
The only advice I would give Christians entering the world of arts: give yourself a period of time, maybe three or four years. If you haven't made it in your chosen art form, dump it.
rip mad people
I liked the Beatles but I wasn't mad on the Stones. I always thought they were a slight rip-off of Chuck Berry and some of the old blues people, and they never seemed to change. If people compare me to Jagger and the Stones I would be the one to be put down ... I've been far more progressive than any of them.