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" 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. "

David Cassidy

Racing

Loved

Studying

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

David Cassidy

People

Affection

" 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'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.' "

" I saw Jimi Hendrix - it must have been four times. And he was incomparable, and his legend lives on. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

David Cassidy

Back

Never

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

David Cassidy

Love

Capable

" My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me. "

David Cassidy

Good

Mother

" If you're not a daydreamer, you haven't got any imagination. "

" Learning how to be a good parent was easy in the end because I'd basically had the What Not To Do manual. "

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

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

" Kids need role models, whether it's 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 it's not easy being that role model, looked upon as something we are all incapable of being - too perfect. "

" 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. "

David Cassidy

New

Opinion

" I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and performing. Now, I probably do 30 or 40 dates a year and I get to relive how I felt at 19 when I played in some really bad bands. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't want to end up being some joke on a bad TV series. "

David Cassidy

End

Want

" 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. "

" It's a difficult journey when you're going through a divorce, is it not, for anyone? "

" It is difficult to be famous and that successful where you can't 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. "

" It's always nice to have people love you, but I'd just like to be judged fairly. "

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