A biography for Richard Marxhasn’t been written yet.
“One time Robert Plant was set to check into the same room after I checked out, so I removed every light bulb and ordered up a bunch of stinky cheese and put it under the mattress.”
“When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to complicate them to get myself interested.”
“So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded together, and the result was My Own Best Enemy.”
“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.”
“The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now.”
“I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn't realize I was gone.”
“I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about.”
“I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could be better than that?”
“And to any new fans we made along the way, I say... welcome to our party. It's just starting to get going.”
“I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose.”
“I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.”
“In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and promoting a record.”
“But I'm just having fun playing and giving Botox injections to the older songs.”
“Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.”
“People take songs so literally.”
“I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano and sings love songs.”
“It's funny; Luther and I have written many songs together, but we've never written songs in the same room.”
“I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.”
“It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living.”
“I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!”