Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time. Cliff Richard More Quotes by Cliff Richard More Quotes From Cliff Richard The more I read my Bible the more I veered away from the Jehovah's Witnesses. Cliff Richard jehovahwitness I involve myself in an organisation called Tear Fund. Cliff Richard organisationfundtears I think that if you are going to be successful as a Christian in the arts, you have to be successful in your Christian life. Cliff Richard successfulchristianart I realised that God has placed Christians everywhere, to support each other, to support the needy in those areas, and that is the thing that I find is a great plus. Cliff Richard plussupportchristian I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that. Cliff Richard artistchristianmean I've got two places I like to be. Portugal is one. Cliff Richard portugaltwo Our industry is full of all sorts of eccentricities and one of them is owning property. Cliff Richard eccentricitypropertyindustry When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different. Cliff Richard hostdifferentuse 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. Cliff Richard guitarregretplay 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. Cliff Richard paincareersdone Celebrities meet a lot of people and we just can't maintain them all in our fuddled brains. Cliff Richard brainpeople When you're out there with thousands of people it's probably better to have a bigger show to look at, and it turned out really well and they videoed it for me. Cliff Richard biggerpeoplelooks So I will go as far as I can into rock and roll carrying my Christian banner. Cliff Richard rock-and-rollrockschristian The thrill of hearing your own voice recorded is still there, I still love it, going into the studio and thinking how can I sing this song and between the producers and the musicians you find a way of doing it. Cliff Richard voicesongthinking The only advice I would give Christians entering the world of arts: give yourself a period of time, maybe three or four years. If you haven't made it in your chosen art form, dump it. Cliff Richard christianyearsart But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you wont fear that failure. Cliff Richard walksifslord It's important to put all I have into my career. Cliff Richard careersimportant If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can. Cliff Richard i-canifs Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own. Cliff Richard rockscareersamerica But Jesus changes your attitude towards yourself and towards other people. Cliff Richard attitudepeoplejesus
