Richard Lewis Springthorpe (Rick Springfield) Quotes
I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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I just like music that I can relate to, something to listen to in my car.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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I'm a real girly-girl.
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I couldn't have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me.
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May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!
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This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.
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I think there's many a slaveholder'll get to Heaven. They don't know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.
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I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.
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My mother has all my awards, because if I walked downstairs every day and saw all my achievements it would be so easy to become complacent.
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When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
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As of now, I am in control here in the White House.
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Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.
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To sense when a teenager needs understanding and when misunderstanding is a difficult and delicate task. The sad truth is that no matter how wise we are, we cannot be right for any length of time in our teenagers' eyes.
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We all want to be guilty, because guilt is power.
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Every book leaves its mark on you. It might leave you hungry for that kind of book or you may be satiated, and you're eager to read something else. It might send you in a completely different direction. I love that about reading.
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No matter what it is that you want to do, you should dream as big as you can and go for it. Don't let anyone tell you that it can't be done because that's the worst advice. Do whatever you want to do and hard work will make it pay off.
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It's a wonderful way to get at who someone is through their own love of music and going right at their subconsciousness if you will. You don't play girl singers for girl singers. You know, there's certain things. You do play Ellington for Bobby McFerrin.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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When you write a song you're more or less saying, "This is everyone. I think this is everyone." It doesn't necessarily have to be this thing where I go out and I'm like candy-striping, or becoming a therapist or something. I think that maybe, maybe I'm supposed to be a musician, because of that fact.
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I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.
