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
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 think the new adventurous music is for the kids in a state of flux - they're open to all that - and in 10, 15, 20 years it will be their golden era, and they'll be playing Korn and getting nostalgic.
I went through some therapy, working on what was going on inside me, and I got back on track. I certainly have different priorities now. The great thing about having kids -- you can finally get your attention off yourself. There's something more to live for.
My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.
I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.
I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.
Probably General Hospital had more to do with me getting known physically than MTV did,
I think I lost my direction at the end of the '80s; I didn't know what I was writing anymore,
I've gone pretty high at times so I think the yin yang of that is going pretty low.
Over all life is what it is and regretting is a pointless thing.
The danger in promiscuity is that it's always barking at your heels.
It's a rock 'n' roll thing to have one-night stands.
I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.
I was pretty burned out in '85 and was getting - starting to get into some issues.