A biography for Rick Springfieldhasn’t been written yet.
“Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me.”
“I meditate. Meditation helps me.”
“I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.”
“I was - I've always been a bit of perpetual adolescent.”
“I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.”
“I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.”
“I get inspired at different times and in different ways.”
“I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.”
“You know, everybody is dealing with issues.”
“I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.”
“You never really shake depression and that's a tough road you have to deal with.”
“There will always be rock stars, but I don't know how much depth and longevity they'll have.”
“I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.”
“I've never said, 'I'm squeaky clean.' It's always the people who project that image that are hiding something. No one's squeaky clean.”
“The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday.”
“I would have been an Egyptologist if I had had the schooling.”
“I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.”
“My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.”
“Young female voices are the loudest voices of all with the fans.”
“My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.”