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" Anybody who carries the albatross of that teen-idol thing - well, people tend to look and say: 'There he is again. It's Fabian.' It's a very tough thing. Everybody wants to discount your talent because you have become so... I don't know... a god, if you will. "

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" 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.' "

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" I don't need to remind myself of the trophies. I know what I accomplished. "

" I've really sensed that people have an affection for me. "

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People

Affection

" I was very wary of repeating my father's behaviour and did everything not to act like he did. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I bought my first horse when I was 15. I always loved racing and I started studying about breeding and I've been doing it now for 30 years, so I have some credibility. "

" My mom used to take me down to the Jersey Shore when I was 7, 8, 9 years old. I can remember being down in that area - Belmar, Seaside Heights, Asbury Park and all those places that I went back and revisited. "

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" My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I. "

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Mom

" I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in a band with musicians and writers. "

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

" 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. "

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Back

Never

" We are too occupied with celebrity. Believe me, it's not what it's cracked to be. "

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Believe

Celebrity

" I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 had people sleeping in front of my home. I couldn't go anywhere. It confronted me from the moment I woke up. There would be 100 people at the lot where we shot 'The Partridge Family.' "

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People

Home

" Most definitely, my dad was my biggest influence. "

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

" I work for me, 18 hours a day. It's my gig. So I don't have time to get a point of view. "

" 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 play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows. "

" In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot. "

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

" 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. "

" Contrary to public opinion and the image people have of me, I grew up in a very lower-middle-class, blue-collar environment 40 minutes outside of New York until I was 11. "

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