Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield

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Biography

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.

"I think good art does come from a dark place."

Rick Springfield

"The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday."

Rick Springfield

"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 accurate."

Rick Springfield

"My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication."

Rick Springfield

"Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships."

Rick Springfield

"I mean I was famous for nothing."

Rick Springfield

"I'll watch any show on the History Channel."

Rick Springfield

"I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry."

Rick Springfield

"I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia."

Rick Springfield

"They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time."

Rick Springfield

"I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years."

Rick Springfield

"I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way."

Rick Springfield

"My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication."

Rick Springfield

"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."

Rick Springfield