Richard Marx
Richard Marx
Richard Noel Marxis an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician and record producer who has sold over 30 million records. He had a stream of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights," "Right Here Waiting," "Now and Forever," and "Hazard." Although some of his major hit songs were ballads, many of his songs have had a classic rock style, such as "Don't Mean Nothing," "Should've Known Better," "Satisfied," and "Too Late to Say...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth16 September 1963
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.
Even if the record is really successful, it's not going to change my future as a producer; if it means recording another record, great.
I am having fun being an artist, and I'm looking forward to touring with my band, and playing the new and old songs live.
But when I recorded my own album, I realized how much I missed singing my own songs.
People are going to misinterpret some of these songs and I think that's kind of cool.
Whatever people exist who would actually look forward to a new album by me might be a little put off by this one.
What a gift, after all these years, to feel what it's like to go out every night and play my music simply because I wish to. No agenda. No pressure. Just... .do it.
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.
I understand that, but this disc shows the type of music that I've always liked and wanted to make.
It's funny; Luther and I have written many songs together, but we've never written songs in the same room.
As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.
I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do.
And to any new fans we made along the way, I say... welcome to our party. It's just starting to get going.
It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living.