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" It wasn't until later when people became aware of my writing that I would hear begrudgingly, 'You know, you really are a pretty good singer, I guess.' "

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

" 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. "

" You cannot make a teenage idol. "

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

" Let me tell you, 10,000 is an intimate room. Believe me. I want to be able to connect to everybody in the room, and you can't with a venue any bigger than that. "

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

" 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! "

" I turned up to all my son's performances and baseball games because my father never did that for me. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Going through 'The Partridge Family,' I looked up to people like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and all those guys. But as an actor playing a part, I had to sing what was right for the character and the show. "

" I've always had a love for horses since I was really young. When I was 5 years old, the only thing that made me happy was when they'd take me out and give me pony rides. "

" 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 want to love. I want to enjoy life. "

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

" You can't be 24 again; you can't be new when you're 40 years old. "

" I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious. "

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

" I gave up my whole life to my career. "

" I read in one fan magazine that I was very self-centered. And I am. "

" Nobody likes to be rejected, you know? "

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

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

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

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

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

" I wouldn't want to play anything bigger than 10,000 again. I think it's too much, and you lose touch. "