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 would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.
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 was pretty burned out in '85 and was getting - starting to get into some issues.
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.
It's a big number, but I'm OK with it, ... I went through my midlife crisis at about 38 and 39, so I'm over that.
Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships.
They're songs I honestly wish I'd written. I had a huge list of songs but wanted to keep the album a little bit more on the moody side.
Young female voices are the loudest voices of all with the fans.
There were times when I've not wanted to be in my own skin, and that's a very scary feeling.