Quotes from Cliff Richard

If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure that is where they want to be.

And, of course, Barbados is the other place where I like to be.

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.

Celebrities meet a lot of people and we just can't maintain them all in our fuddled brains.

So I will go as far as I can into rock and roll carrying my Christian banner.

It is important to have a circle of Christians friends, which I do have.

When you use music to worship you are not attempting to entertain.

I owe Elvis my career, and the entire music business owes him it's lifeline.

But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing.

How is there going to be Peace when there is no Justice?

The more we depend on God the more dependable we find He is.

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.

If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can.

The nice thing about having relatives' kids around is that they go home.

I've got two places I like to be. Portugal is one.

When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different.

Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it.

I involve myself in an organisation called Tear Fund.

There is no better news, than the fact that Jesus can actually turn a life upside down and save it.

Our industry is full of all sorts of eccentricities and one of them is owning property.

But, of course, one relies on the everyday people who just simply like your music, for whom you may not be a hobby but they enjoy being in your presence at a concert.

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.

The more I read my Bible the more I veered away from the Jehovah's Witnesses.

I'm very grateful because my fans are very loyal.