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" I'm a songwriter, principally, and I was real excited that people liked my songs, but you get a bit of an ego about it. "
Rick Springfield
Real
Songs
You
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" When you have a kid and people go, 'What a beautiful child,' it's the same kind of reaction when you play a song that people recognize and love. "
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" I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout. "
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" I was pretty burned out in '85 and was getting - starting to get into some issues. "
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" I've always liked the heavier stuff. I've always loved Tool and System of a Down, Korn and Nine Inch Nails. "
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" I get inspired at different times and in different ways. "
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" 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. "
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Progress
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" I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it. "
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" I have seen my mugshot. "
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Seen
" I've gone pretty high at times so I think the yin yang of that is going pretty low. "
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" I like to write when I feel I'm the real me. "
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Like
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" 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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Song
Point
" The danger in promiscuity is that it's always barking at your heels. "
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Heels
Your
Always
" The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday. "
Rick Springfield
Guitar
Got
First
" You can tell when someone has had a facelift and I haven't had a facelift, and I look like I haven't had a facelift. "
Rick Springfield
Look
Someone
You
" I mean I was famous for nothing. "
Rick Springfield
Mean
Famous
Nothing
" Other than dying, I think puberty is probably about as rough as it gets. "
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Other
Puberty
I Think
" I think good art does come from a dark place. "
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Come
Dark
Think
" It's a rock 'n' roll thing to have one-night stands. "
Rick Springfield
Roll
Rock N Roll
Rock
" I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia. "
Rick Springfield
America
Success
Got
" 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. "
Rick Springfield
Actor
You
I Can
" I can't imagine that anybody is as screwed up as I am. "
Rick Springfield
Imagine
Anybody
Am
" You know, everybody is dealing with issues. "
Rick Springfield
Everybody
You
Know
" I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated. "
Rick Springfield
Fans
Think
Underrated
" Over all life is what it is and regretting is a pointless thing. "
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Life
Thing
Over
" I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry. "
Rick Springfield
Kids
Dark
Poetry
" Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships. "
Rick Springfield
Experience
Relationships
Personal
" I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was. "
Rick Springfield
Better
Musicians
Listening
" It would be pretty shabby to appear flippant around a documentary that's about how much I love my fans. "
Rick Springfield
Much
Love
Fans