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Creativity Quote by Cliff Richard

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

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The charm of this line is how aggressively unremarkable it is. Cliff Richard isn’t trying to sound profound; he’s trying to sound settled. “And, of course” does a lot of quiet work: it assumes agreement, invites you into a shared understanding that Barbados belongs on the mental map of “where one likes to be.” That little phrase makes the preference feel inevitable, almost polite, as if paradise were simply a practical second address.

The subtext is celebrity lifestyle, softened into something you could say at a dinner party. Richard frames Barbados not as an extravagance but as an “other place,” a companion location to an implied first home. It’s the language of someone managing public perception: yes, I’m famous; yes, I have options; no, I’m not bragging. The line performs modesty while still delivering the flex.

Context matters because Richard’s brand has long been affable, clean-cut, broadly palatable. For a musician whose career stretches from the pre-Beatles era into modern tabloid culture, this kind of statement signals durability: he’s not chasing the next scene, he’s choosing comfort. Barbados, in particular, carries a specific British cultural charge - a sunny, former-colonial holiday mythos that reads as both aspirational and slightly inherited. So the intent isn’t just to share a travel preference; it’s to project a life that’s orderly, earned, and pleasantly escapist, with the rough edges of wealth sanded down by genial phrasing.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Richard, Cliff. (2026, January 17). And, of course, Barbados is the other place where I like to be. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-of-course-barbados-is-the-other-place-where-i-48137/

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Richard, Cliff. "And, of course, Barbados is the other place where I like to be." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-of-course-barbados-is-the-other-place-where-i-48137/.

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"And, of course, Barbados is the other place where I like to be." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-of-course-barbados-is-the-other-place-where-i-48137/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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Cliff Richard (born October 14, 1940) is a Musician from England.

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