The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.
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About Rick Springfield
Richard Lewis Springthorpe, known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single, "Speak to the Sky", which reached the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972. When he moved to the United States, he had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He foll…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Rick SpringfieldMy wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.
I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.
I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.
They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.
I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.
I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.
I'll watch any show on the History Channel.
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I mean I was famous for nothing.
Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships.
My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.
I'd say that after my father passed my writing changed, it went deeper. Most would say 'matured' but I don't think I'd use that word in relation to my progress. I think 'change' is a little more accu…
The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday.
I think good art does come from a dark place.