I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.
— Rick Springfield
I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.
Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me.
Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.
I've always liked the heavier stuff. I've always loved Tool and System of a Down, Korn and Nine Inch Nails.
I don't want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn't Rick Springfield.
Every actor wants to break out of the box that they put you in and that's where I'm heading, out of the box as fast as I can.
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 took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.
I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.
Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.
When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.
There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.
I would have been an Egyptologist if I had had the schooling.
I was very fortunate to be at the vanguard of music video.
Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.
My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.
Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them.
If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.
