It’s not an exaggeration to say that American music icon Richard Marx has a stellar resume. In a career spanning over 30 years, Marx has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, won numerous industry accolades – including the Grammy Award for song of the year in 2004 for Dance With My Father, which he co-wrote with Luther Vandross – and penned multiple classics for himself and other artistes including Hazard, This I Promise You and of course, Right Here Waiting. Yet, despite ticking off “almost all the boxes” as he puts it, the singer-songwriter has been busier than ever.
Till today, Marx is constantly on the road performing at an assortment of venues – be it arenas in Australia or at Singapore’s very own Our Tampines Hub. Marx performed on Saturday (Sep 14) at a charity concert for social service agency Dementia Singapore . CNA Lifestyle caught up with him before his performance to find out what drives him to remain active.
WELCOME BACK TO SINGAPORE! YOU'VE BEEN PERFORMING HERE MULTIPLE TIMES, GOING BACK TO THE 80S. WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT THIS COUNTRY? I just remember starting to come to the whole region of Southeast Asia in the 80s – earlier than a lot of my peers. I always wanted to tour everywhere my music was known.
I found that Singapore just tended to be my favourite stop every tour. The fans were just amazing. The city is beautiful.
I always had a great time here, so I always look forward to coming back. TILL TODAY, YOU'RE CONSISTENTLY GOING O.