Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield
Rick Springfieldis an Australian musician, singer, songwriter, actor and author. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972, when he moved to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth23 August 1949
CountryUnited States of America
I have seen my mugshot.
I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.
I like to write when I feel I'm the real me.
They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.
When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.
I always try and find new things to think about and address. That really opens you up as a writer. I can write a lot of what I feel and it helps put it into clearer perspective.
I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.
My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.
I mean I was famous for nothing.
I got sick of playing husbands and boyfriends because there was nothing there.
Wait a minute man, who do you think I am? He answered, Mr. Springsteen.
I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.
I was very fortunate to be at the vanguard of music video.
I was raised a Christian but have looked at other religions, some of the Eastern things. I was into Taoism for a while and Confucianism. Just different approaches and some have really stayed with me.