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" Just getting your name in the papers and having people talk about you is not always a good thing. "

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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.' "

" When I was 11, I moved to Los Angeles to live with my father and stepmother and my half brothers. I became really close to my stepmother, and I am still very close to my brothers. My stepmother is the actress Shirley Jones, who was in 'The Partridge Family' alongside me, so we worked together for years. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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.' "

" You cannot make a teenage idol. "

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

" I've done an enormous amount of bringing light into people's lives, and I'm very proud of that and touching and inspiring people. "

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

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

" What I want is credibility I got as a songwriter and actor and doing 'Blood Brothers' on Broadway with my brother Shaun. "

" I'm never going to retire and say, 'This is it. This is my last show.' I will not go on tour - I promised my wife and son no more than two weeks on the road. "

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

" 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, that's really an interesting thing. I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Every day is a blessing - not to get too schmaltzy, but, really, it is. "

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

" The television and film business has never really been kind or compassionate, in general. "

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

" All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it. "

" 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 gave up my whole life to my career. "

" 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. "

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

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

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" It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on television and went out and bought an electric guitar. "