Cliff Richard Quotes
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We need to pray and read the Bible every day, and regardless of whatever else happens to you, that tends to keep you close to Him, because you are constantly in touch through His Word.
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The thrill of hearing your own voice recorded is still there, I still love it, going into the studio and thinking how can I sing this song and between the producers and the musicians you find a way of doing it.
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I've got two places I like to be. Portugal is one.
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When you use music to worship you are not attempting to entertain.
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But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing.
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But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure.
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When you're out there with thousands of people it's probably better to have a bigger show to look at, and it turned out really well and they videoed it for me.
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I have tried to have a regular daily intake from my Bible, regardless of how late it is.
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Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it.
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I realised that God has placed Christians everywhere, to support each other, to support the needy in those areas, and that is the thing that I find is a great plus.
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When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different.
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The only advice I would give Christians entering the world of arts: give yourself a period of time, maybe three or four years. If you haven't made it in your chosen art form, dump it.
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But Jesus changes your attitude towards yourself and towards other people.
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I'm very grateful because my fans are very loyal.
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It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved.
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Celebrities meet a lot of people and we just can't maintain them all in our fuddled brains.
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So I will go as far as I can into rock and roll carrying my Christian banner.
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We need to be adopted by God through Jesus - that was what happened to me, and that's what changed my life so that now, I can see that my career can be part of a calling.
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It is important to have a circle of Christians friends, which I do have.
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There's loads of things you can do to make things easy for your throat, you can drink a bit of lemon and hot water couple of spoons of honey, you can gargle with port, I've done it a couple of times myself - but don't swallow it!
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I involve myself in an organisation called Tear Fund.
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When I became a Christian my confidence grew.
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It's important to put all I have into my career.
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But, of course, one relies on the everyday people who just simply like your music, for whom you may not be a hobby but they enjoy being in your presence at a concert.