Top 40 Cliff Richard Quotes (2025 Update)

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

— Cliff Richard

2. “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.”

— Cliff Richard

3. “If I’m going to represent God I have to do it the best I can.”

— Cliff Richard

4. “How is there going to be Peace when there is no Justice?”

— Cliff Richard

5. “But Jesus changes your attitude towards yourself and towards other people.”

— Cliff Richard

6. “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.”

— Cliff Richard

7. “I’ve got two places I like to be. Portugal is one.”

— Cliff Richard

8. “The more I read my Bible the more I veered away from the Jehovah’s Witnesses.”

— Cliff Richard

9. “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

10. “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

11. “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.”

— Cliff Richard

12. “What other people think of me is becoming less and less important; what they think of Jesus because of me is critical.”

— Cliff Richard

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

— Cliff Richard

14. “Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.”

— Cliff Richard

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

— Cliff Richard

16. “I involve myself in an organisation called Tear Fund.”

— Cliff Richard

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

— Cliff Richard

18. “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

19. “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!”

— Cliff Richard

20. “I owe Elvis my career, and the entire music business owes him it’s lifeline.”

— Cliff Richard

21. “I’m very grateful because my fans are very loyal.”

— Cliff Richard

22. “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

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

— Cliff Richard

24. “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

25. “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

26. “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

27. “When I became a Christian my confidence grew.”

— Cliff Richard

28. “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.”

— Cliff Richard

29. “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

30. “When you use music to worship you are not attempting to entertain.”

— Cliff Richard

31. “I have tried to have a regular daily intake from my Bible, regardless of how late it is.”

— Cliff Richard

32. “But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you wont fear that failure.”

— Cliff Richard

33. “I have a group of people, about 40, in a local church in Surrey in England, who pray for me regularly.”

— Cliff Richard

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

— Cliff Richard

35. “I can say I have become far more open about what I believe.”

— Cliff Richard

36. “Celebrities meet a lot of people and we just can’t maintain them all in our fuddled brains.”

— Cliff Richard

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

— Cliff Richard

38. “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

39. “It’s important to put all I have into my career.”

— Cliff Richard

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

— Cliff Richard