A biography for David Cassidyhasn’t been written yet.
“What I want is credibility I got as a songwriter and actor and doing 'Blood Brothers' on Broadway with my brother Shaun.”
“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 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.”
“It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.”
“My first five albums were triple-platinum, and I played a lot of concerts.”
“Thoroughbred racing is really my true passion. I'm living my dream.”
“Oh, yeah. I grew up in Southern California in the 1960's. It was very different. I was an only child as opposed to having siblings. My brothers all lived with my step-mom. I am very close to them, but we were not raised in the same house.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I've had an awful lot of good fortune.”
“Nobody likes to be rejected, you know?”
“I just want to continue to produce good work. I don't want to do junk.”
“Learning how to be a good parent was easy in the end because I'd basically had the What Not To Do manual.”
“I don't play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows.”
“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.”
“There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become musicians, to become actors.”
“I was very wary of repeating my father's behaviour and did everything not to act like he did.”
“In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot.”