Richard Marx Lyrics

Birth Name: Richard Noel Marx
Born: September 16, 1963 (age 60)
From: Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse(s): Cynthia Rhodes (m. 1989)
(singer of Animotion)

Children: Brandon, Lucas and Jesse

Genre(s): Pop rock, adult contemporary, soft rock
Instrument(s): Vocals, keyboards, organ, piano, guitar
Occupation(s): Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
Active From: 1982–present
Associated Acts: Keith Urban Luther Vandross Dick Marx Matt Scannell
Did You Know:
• He was the first solo artist to have his first seven singles hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart

• He has had a song he wrote or co-wrote in the top charts in four different decades.

Awards:
2003
Grammy Award for Song of the Year - Dance with My Father

Quotes:
As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.

But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.

But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you in that vein forever.

I don't think it is pressure but I am aware sometimes, especially on this new album, that people were going to really pay attention.

I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!

I think I do better when things are a little tougher.

I've never written a song that I thought was a hit.

I've never, ever in my life enjoyed playing live the way I am now.

It's funny; Luther and I have written many songs together, but we've never written songs in the same room.

People take songs so literally.

So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded together, and the result was My Own Best Enemy.

When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to complicate them to get myself interested. Richard Marx 

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