Richard Lewis Springthorpe (Rick Springfield) Quotes
I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.
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When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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Something I learned when I was very young: with cooking, it doesn't matter where you are; you can always cook. You can end up in small village in Peru where somebody's cooking, take a spoon and taste it, and you might not be too sure what you're eating, but you can taste the soul in the food. That's what is beautiful with food.
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I like to run a lot. I play tennis, and I like doing outdoorsy stuff - fishing, canoeing.
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I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade.
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Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy.
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We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.
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I rot on the wall, my ownDorian Gray.
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Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.
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Republicans want to use Obamacare in the 2014 elections against Democrats who voted for it. They want to see it fail, even at the expense of people's health.
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There's enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it.
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You have to ask a lot of questions and listen to people, but eventually, you have to go by your own instincts.
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My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was 'Just William.' It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel.
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Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family had been the basis of my happiness my whole life.
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I think there's always satisfaction that comes from digging in and telling a story and being on the front line and writing about it. I think there's a venue available if you look. Even print journalism is in good shape in areas.
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I just start my day really early. Everything happens in the morning time. Writing. Just everything. I can't - I don't know how to work late.
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A terrific exercise is to take a paragraph of someone's writing who has a really strong style, and using their structure, substitute your own words for theirs, and see how they achieved their effects.
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I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.
