A lot of the music we hear now starts to sound the same. That's what my parents said about my music, and that scares me.
A lot of those songs are about the woman who became my wife.
A lot of what the audience focuses on is that era thing.
As I got older, it started to be about spirituality and family and what I thought of the world. Although sex is still in there.
As long as I am working on new stuff, I have a focus.
Basically I'm still hungry to improve.
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.
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.
General Hospital had more to do with me getting known physically than MTV did.
Hardcore fans have a lot more tolerance and hunger for the artist and the personal stuff.
He was pretty much a bright, shiny happy person with a bit of an ego on General Hospital.
I am a bit more of a whore with my acting than I am with my music. I am not a whore with my music.
I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.
I appreciate great pop, I always have.
I couldn't do six months in a row again.
I did like acting, but I didn't like it as much as I do now. I thought it was a vehicle to do more.
I did like eight hours of interviews for Behind the Music. But I thought it was good. The feedback on it was very good.
I did quit in 1985. I didn't think I would go back when my kids were born. I became a house husband for quite a few years.
I did take a leap. I think it did take the pressure off having to write a hit song.
I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.
I don't want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn't Rick Springfield.
I have always been a catchy songwriter. I have always focused on a hook, but it hasn't always worked publicly.
I have dedicated music rooms in my house where I write. I am building a studio.
I have to write about what is going on inside my head. I have to start there or I just can't go on.
I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.
I liked Dead Reckoning - the character was a lot different from what I had played.
I think General Hospital is still the best-known thing. That is what I am most remembered for as far as acting goes.
I think MTV didn't realize how far they would go with it... it was a big hole waiting to be filled, and they filled it.
I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.
I wanted something mellow - kind of moody, atmospheric kinds of songs.
I wanted to pick songs that weren't too overplayed.
I wanted to take a break from writing.
I was doing a TV show and touring, so I was doing that album at night, running into the studio.
I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.
I was very fortunate to be at the vanguard of music video.
I would have been an Egyptologist if I had had the schooling.
I'll watch any show on the History Channel.
I've always liked the heavier stuff. I've always loved Tool and System of a Down, Korn and Nine Inch Nails.
I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that's my true love.
I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.
If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.
It becomes a big hardcore fan hang. We do a bunch of songs that we never do usually, so we thought a cruise would be great.
It was all about sex when I was younger. It is not a tough one to figure out.
Jesus Saves White Trash Like You - we do that live, and everybody gets into it. It's quite a positive song.
Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them.
Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me.
My Father's Chair is probably the song that has gotten the most attention from individuals as a really meaningful song.
My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.
My whole purpose to begin with was for people to hear my music. That's still my goal.
Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.
Once the tour is booked, it's booked. There is really nothing we can do.
Out of all of it, they wanted to hear Jessie's Girl again.
Pretty much all the stuff from the '80s on, even actually before, the late '70s, I had a pretty firm grasp on songwriting.
Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.
Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.
Ronnie, my dog, women loved him, so I thought I'd put him on the album cover.
Since I've been back on General Hospital, I realize how much I miss acting.
The Dance This World Away video is rarely seen, but it's still one of my favorite ones.
The first hit is always the magic one. It pulls you out of nowhere. Once you get a momentum going, it's a different story.
The Internet has been great for everything.
The last song I wrote was actually on the set of General Hospital.
The show's always fresh, so wherever the gigs come up, if they work out for us we go.
There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.
There's a lot of work inside some of those fan sites.
They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.
They will go away hot and sweaty - I guarantee it.
Wasted seems to be a fan favorite. It's about a specific person. They are all very personal stories.
We are going to be doing a cruise, a Rick Springfield Cruise.
We only go out for a couple days and then come home, so we are never gone for long. It keeps the show really fresh.
We tour the same way that we have for the last 10 years.
When I left the show, the character was transferred to Atlanta. That was the end of Noah Drake's first stint on General Hospital.
When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.
Rick was sworn in as an American on Feb. 3, 2006 in Los Angeles.
Rick has a dog named Gomer.
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