The first newspaper I worked on was the 'Springfield Union' in Springfield, Massachusetts. I wrote over a hundred letters to newspapers asking for work and got three responses, two no's.
My mother was actually born in Ohio but raised in West Virginia where her family had a laundry. She has a West Virginian accent. My father was born in China, but he's the son of an American citizen. My paternal grandfather was born in San Francisco in 1867.
A whole generation was raised to learn about comedy from 'The Simpsons.' To get to be in a booth with Homer and Marge and be in Springfield - it was unimaginable the emotions that I felt.
A whole generation was raised to learn about comedy from The Simpsons. To get to be in a booth with Homer and Marge and be in Springfield - it was unimaginable the emotions that I felt.
Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
My experience with Buffalo Springfield was that they did not rehearse.
I've always loved Dusty Springfield and Martha Reeves.
I don't want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn't Rick Springfield.
The government union bosses are the most powerful politicians in Springfield.
We have to be bold, tough, and fundamentally change government because Springfield is broken.
In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws.
Hoover's Music Store in Springfield, Missouri - I would listen to records there for hours.
The first 10 years of my education were spent at a Catholic school in Springfield, Mass.
I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.
Born in Jabalpur, I was brought up in Deolali, where my father ran a small business of making fire extinguishers.
The people of Illinois sent me to Springfield to end the era of unbalanced budgets and runaway debt.