Kenny Loggins

Kenny Loggins was born on January 7, 1948 in Everett, Washington, USA as Kenneth Clark Loggins. He is known for his work on Footloose (1984), Caddyshack (1980) and Top Gun (1986). He was previously married to Julia Cooper and Eva Ein.

Fun Facts

Longtime singing partner of Jim Messina (Loggins & Messina).

Has three children with Eva Ein: Crosby Loggins, Cody Loggins and Isabella Loggins.

Unofficially known as "The King of Movie Soundtracks"". Some of the movies which used his music include: Top Gun (1986)

Quotes

My trust in a higher power that wants me to survive and have love in my life, is what keeps me moving forward.

The corporate woman has been defined as the 'liberated woman' and I see that as the exact opposite. I think she now is more enslaved, maybe even more than the housewife was; because she's so out of her power, and imitating male power is not female power.

My quest these days is to find my long lost inner child, but I'm afraid if I do, I'll end up with food in my hair and way too in love with the cats.

Running away will never make you free.

Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past.

I am learning to forgive my inner geek, and even value him as a free man.

I had to get in touch with the source, I had to go back into my abandonment issues with my mother, I had to go into issues with my father I hadn't even looked at before.

I know that Julia has been given to me for my spiritual growth, and this moment is perfect for us both. I know that I love her, and I know she's my soul mate.

I couldn't have come up with a better metaphor for my life and my internal conflict. It amazes me how quickly we can manifest our fears; not only had I created my 'I'm never satisfied, I'll drive her away' nightmare.

My rite of passage into my brave new world, life on the road.

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

Whatever I have not yet learned to tolerate in myself inevitably will appear in my children. In this way, they, like Julia, guide me to a new level of self-awareness and everyone benefits.

I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.

There is trust in there being a Spirit who loves me and wants me to have love in my life. I trust in this higher power, it is what keeps me moving forward no matter what happens.

It's hard enough doing something bold without jumping into your bad reviews.

This is the front edge of the spiritual, psychological movement and is where the tools of psychology have finally come together to create a mass healing. I think spiritual psychology is the next wave.

Courage is always rewarded.

You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.

I think Julia is defining a new feminism. It's the power of the open heart. And its ok to be sexual.

I must let go of my need for the world to love me.

We busted a lot of family secrets with this. But to make a long story short, my parents relationship was built heavily on security issues for my Mom, and when my Dad couldn't provide security, the relationship unraveled.

I am attracting a new audience now, one that is more open and more spiritually inclined.

It's been quite a 'pattern interrupt', a massive change of the old programming.

When I see that my geek may have contained some of the best parts of me, when I love and appreciate him, I set my children free to see themselves as lovable however they are.

That's an old saying I just made up.

Women are just beginning to see that; there's something about being a woman that's innately different from being a man. I love what I'm seeing take place and I know Julia has so much to offer.

Why not hold on to whatever I've got because it's as good as it's ever going to get. How can I believe that love is coming, how can I even believe that love exists; if I don't believe it's spiritually based?

I am not as scared about people tearing this one up as I would have been in the past because of the basis in 'knowing' this one has. There are people out there that are hungry for this.

I couldn't be in a relationship and behave like somebody else or pretend I felt something I didn't feel. And that includes saying things I thought might jeopardize the relationship.

When we were first offered a book deal prior to Avon's, they were trying to get us to change it from the first-person story into a how-to book, and they were offering us some decent money. My agent told me; 'you should really consider this'.

I knew what book we had to write, it was clear in my head; it was journals and poetry. So I passed on their offer. I told my agent this is our vision, and no one's done it this way.

Relationships are so much a rerun of our parental relationships. We're rerunning the relationship they were in together and we're rerunning the relationship we had with them with our lover.

I've had the goatee for a while and it seems to be working, so I guess I'm doing all right. Since I started my career with a beard, it was shocking to people when I shaved it. They didn't want to get used to it. It was like suddenly being naked. [The Arizona Republic, Oct. 3, 2006]

If how you feel about yourself relies upon how the audience feels about you, you're screwed...because sooner or later, you're not going to be cool anymore.