Zitat des Tages von David Cassidy:
As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.
Most people view success by the results, and I don't.
I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.
I don't listen to the news or read newspapers. I don't know what's going on in this world, or why I should vote for George McGovern or Richard Nixon. I don't have enough time.
I was silver-white by the time I was 35, but having grey hair makes me look washed out. My wife and son have both said that grey hair doesn't suit me because I have a boyish face.
It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.
I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious.
I've always had a love for horses since I was really young. When I was 5 years old, the only thing that made me happy was when they'd take me out and give me pony rides.
I've really sensed that people have an affection for me.
I was always really proud of the fact that I had a very positive influence as a role model.
Doing musicals and theatrical productions, I never did any of my hits.
You can't be 24 again; you can't be new when you're 40 years old.
All that stuff - 'teen idol' - that wasn't me.
I wouldn't want to play anything bigger than 10,000 again. I think it's too much, and you lose touch.
My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I.
I wasn't ever a bad guy, and I was never arrested or anything like that, but I was a wild boy in many respects.
I've had a passion for horses since I was very young - I used to sit on the floor in front of the races on television and pretend to be a jockey - and I first began reading the racing form on the set of 'The Partridge Family.'
If you put the talent of all my brothers together, they wouldn't add up to the talent that was in my father.
I played in garage bands and rock and roll bands when I was in junior high and high school and saw some of the great talents of all time in the local area where I lived.
It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.
What I want is credibility I got as a songwriter and actor and doing 'Blood Brothers' on Broadway with my brother Shaun.
I nearly died twice after I replaced Michael Crawford in 'EFX.'
If people respond to the songs, whether they love you or hate you, then you've really done your job. You've evoked something.
I gave up my whole life to my career.
I turned up to all my son's performances and baseball games because my father never did that for me.
I hitched up to Haight-Ashbury in the Summer of Love, you know? And I was very much politically aligned with that whole mentality, the whole ideology of that generation, the music, the culture, the behavior.
For me to go back and to play for audiences some of whom have been following me for thirty years and some who have found me in the last five or six years, that's really an interesting thing. I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.
I don't play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows.
The difference now is that the paparazzi get paid fortunes. That's what motivates people; it's about the money, sadly, at anyone's expense.
I don't need to remind myself of the trophies. I know what I accomplished.
Until I really dealt with a lot of the demons in my life - the fear and self-doubt and unresolved issues with my old man - I could never feel fulfilled and happy. I would wake up in the morning and feel bad.
My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.
I want to love. I want to enjoy life.
In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us.
When you go through hell, your own personal hell, and you have lost - loss of fame, loss of money, loss of career, loss of family, loss of love, loss of your own identity that I experienced in my own life - and you've been able to face the demons that have haunted you... I appreciate everything that I have.
All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it.