Quotes by David Cassidy

“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, thats really an interesting thing. I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.”

“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.”

“Ive had three biographies made about my life so people know an awful lot about me.”

“Its not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.”

“You know I got kicked out of high school and I used to go to Hendrix concerts. I used to go see Marvin Gaye and B.B. King and so here I am on television as an actor playing the part of this really sweet wholesome all American boy. The reality was I had a much different kind of teenage life.”

“I would be devastated if my son could not have music as part of his curriculum in school. It should not be a choice between culture and technical training - well-rounded students and graduates will make appropriate choices for their careers, but they must also be trained to make appropriate social choices.”

“Its one of the highlights of my entire adult life and career to be asked to speak at the induction ceremony and articulate my passion for racing.”

“It definitely is not everyday business. This is just like one of those freak things, one of those 100-year floods. Its good to get a chance to help in the country as opposed to going overseas getting shot at.”

“Theres more upside potential globally, in places like Asia, emerging markets and even in the US.”

“Overall earnings revision trends going into reporting season appear very healthy in an aggregate sense, with the market remaining in net upgrade mode.”

It is difficult to be famous and that successful where you cant even walk down the street without people chasing you, and having people build monuments to you and worshiping you - all that stuff - but I never took that to a place where I believed it. I saw it as being temporary and a phase.

You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when theyre young disappear after that. Maybe Ive lucked out because I came back and went to work.

What happened to me during the last couple of years of The Partridge Family was I became so famous and so isolated and so unhappy that I had to do anything I could to end it.

All that stuff - teen idol - that wasnt me.

Just do me a favor. Dont call me former teen heartthrob, okay? Its as if they were constantly discussing your second year of college. Im not back there anymore. Im living in the present.

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.

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

Kids need role models, whether its baseball players, actors or musicians: people to bring a little positive light into their hearts and minds. We need to be a little kinder to those people because its not easy being that role model, looked upon as something we are all incapable of being - too perfect.

When you cut your life into a film - 90-some minutes of film - you end up taking snapshots and vignettes of the highlights of it - marriage, divorce, death, success, fame, loss. The up and the down and the up again.

If youre not a daydreamer, you havent got any imagination.