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

In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and promoting a record.
Richard Marx

It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living.
Richard Marx

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

My joke, which isn't really a joke, is that there will be one of two tours: the tour for the album that does well, or the tour for the album that stiffs.
Richard Marx

One time Robert Plant was set to check into the same room after I checked out, so I removed every light bulb and ordered up a bunch of stinky cheese and put it under the mattress.
Richard Marx

People take songs so literally.
Richard Marx

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.
Richard Marx

The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now.
Richard Marx

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