Quotes from David Cassidy

My first five albums were triple-platinum, and I played a lot of concerts.

There were times when I was a joke, but talent survives.

It's not that my father didn't love me, it's just that he wasn't capable of consistently being there. His mood swings were gigantic.

I've always had a special relationship with the U.K. fans, because even when I wasn't working they were very supportive.

I was always really proud of the fact that I had a very positive influence as a role model.

My music was never considered cool, but I've always felt that connection with the audience.

I'm never going to retire and say, 'This is it. This is my last show.' I will not go on tour - I promised my wife and son no more than two weeks on the road.

It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on television and went out and bought an electric guitar.

My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.

I just want to continue to produce good work. I don't want to do junk.

All that stuff - 'teen idol' - that wasn't me.

Just do me a favor. Don't call me 'former teen heartthrob,' okay? It's as if they were constantly discussing your second year of college. I'm not back there anymore. I'm living in the present.

You cannot make a teenage idol.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

The television and film business has never really been kind or compassionate, in general.

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 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 great metamorphosis in my life. I struggled for a number of years because I was identified with that image of the Seventies.

When you have had the kind of fame I had, I was always hounded by the media and I lived a very isolated life. Now it's even more difficult. The world has changed dramatically.

I found myself very lost after 'The Partridge Family,' and I lost my dad and I lost my manager, and I lived in a bubble, and it took me 15 years to get through that and a lot of psychotherapy, and I'm laughing about it now!

Doing musicals and theatrical productions, I never did any of my hits.

Everything in my life was about performance when I was doing 'The Partridge Family.'

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.'

In the '80s, it was difficult and frustrating to appear in the theater and TV again, even though I had some successful shows and hit records. Now, I have to say, the '90s are the best decade of my life. I've done the best work and, in a funny way, I'm enjoying the most success... more than in the '70s.