Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard OBEis a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide. He has total sales of over 21 million singles in the UK and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth14 October 1940
christian circles important
It is important to have a circle of Christians friends, which I do have.
use different host
When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different.
regret guitar play
If you can play guitar and sing, you can probably get a gig down the road playing at a restaurant, but don't throw your life away chasing something that is so elusive it will only lead you to regret and may turn you bitter.
pain careers done
It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved.
needs praying happens
We need to pray and read the Bible every day, and regardless of whatever else happens to you, that tends to keep you close to Him, because you are constantly in touch through His Word.
jehovah witness
The more I read my Bible the more I veered away from the Jehovah's Witnesses.
sleep rocks singers
It don't spit or swear or sleep around. I've always maintained I'm the most radical rock'n'roll singer Britain has ever seen.
worship-you use worship
When you use music to worship you are not attempting to entertain.
couple water hot
There's loads of things you can do to make things easy for your throat, you can drink a bit of lemon and hot water couple of spoons of honey, you can gargle with port, I've done it a couple of times myself - but don't swallow it!
children nice kids
The nice thing about having relatives' kids around is that they go home.
jesus thinking people
What other people think of me is becoming less and less important; what they think of Jesus because of me is critical.
Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it.
god dependable depends
The more we depend on God the more dependable we find He is.
adopted changed god happened jesus life
We need to be adopted by God through Jesus - that was what happened to me, and that's what changed my life so that now, I can see that my career can be part of a calling.