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" We have a water purifier, so we drink a lot of it. As a singer, especially in Utah, you have to hydrate constantly. "
Donny Osmond
You
Water
Utah
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" I don't want my album coming out with a 'G' rating. Nobody would buy it. "
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Buy
" Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything. "
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You
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" Well, I think it's kind of interesting how the Osmond name has been really seen on both sides of the pendulum. There's obviously the bubblegum side, but for people who really know about music, it's clear on the other side. As a matter of fact, I find it quite ironic that Metallica used to cover 'Crazy Horses.' It was a cutting-edge album. "
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" The mindset of chasing that next #1 record doesn't exist for me anymore. It's more about being a well-rounded entertainer than being a pop artist. Obviously, it would be wonderful to have a hit record but I don't base my happiness on that anymore. It's about the accomplishment of a project that satisfies me. I just want to enjoy the ride. "
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Happiness
Mindset
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" It's a natural phenomenon that when you hit as a little kid, as a teenybopper, we'll call it, everybody who used to like you back in that period of time grows up and they leave you back there. "
Donny Osmond
Time
Natural
Leave
" When I was 20, 21 years old, I had just got married. Put yourself in my wife's shoes. All of these fans all across the world would have Donny Osmond burning - record-burning parties. They would put my albums and burn them. "
Donny Osmond
Shoes
Yourself
World
" Well, unless you've suffered from panic attacks and social anxiety disorders, which is what I was diagnosed as having, it's hard to explain it. But you go on stage knowing you're actually physically going to die. You will keel over and die. "
Donny Osmond
Die
You
Stage
" With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career, but also my brothers' - not to mention the livelihoods of many people who work with us or for us. "
Donny Osmond
Mistake
Work
Success
" I go to bed late. My mind starts going at night - that's when those creative juices begin flowing. "
Donny Osmond
Go
Bed
Late
" Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well. "
Donny Osmond
Work Ethic
Doing
Worth
" Romance is alive and well in America, but the 50 percent who can't make it work fail because of selfishness. It gets down to that. You can't oversimplify it because every situation is so complex. "
Donny Osmond
Work
You
America
" I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got this image now. There are no skeletons in my closet. What you see is what you get. "
Donny Osmond
Kind
You
Smoking
" It's a lot of work to keep reinventing yourself and coming up with new stuff, but that's what it takes to be in show business. "
Donny Osmond
New
Show
Up
" I never smile unless I mean it. "
Donny Osmond
Mean
Smile
Unless
" I love living in Utah. I was born here but raised in L.A., but we decided about 13, 14 years ago to come here to Utah. "
Donny Osmond
Years
Born
Here
" I look at Justin Bieber and my heart breaks for him, because I know what he's going to go through. He knows it. Everybody knows it. "
Donny Osmond
Go
Him
Heart
" You always draw from your roots. I'm influenced by everything I hear and see, and that includes music today, but obviously I go back to my early influences: Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, Average White Band. Those kind of artists are what I look to. When I hear that stuff on the radio, I turn it up! "
Donny Osmond
Today
Fire
Wind
" I could play it safe by recording songs that are familiar, but am I expanding myself as an artist by doing covers? It's a catch-22. It's called show business: The word 'business' is in it, and you've got to be a businessman. But then again, you have to be true to yourself as an artist. "
Donny Osmond
Business
Artist
Myself
" I tried Botox once. Never again. It made my forehead freeze. "
Donny Osmond
Again
Tried
Never
" Sometimes when you have multimedia, people use it too much. It has to be a tool and not the end product, if you can use it as a tool. The same thing apples when you are recording. We had this problem in the 80's, we got so computerized there was no heart and soul in the music anymore. "
Donny Osmond
Music
End
People
" My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down. "
Donny Osmond
Attitude
Father
Me
" Maybe I am a little bit guilty of trying to convince myself that I am cool to this point - even today. But I am so much more healthy than I used to be in my twenties, because I was not accepted at all. "
Donny Osmond
I Am
Cool
Today
" I don't have a lavish lifestyle with expensive cars. "
Donny Osmond
Lavish
Expensive
Lifestyle
" Years ago, I was performing, and people kept calling out for 'Puppy Love' and I just didn't want to. Then I thought I'd have some fun, so we did this insane heavy metal version of it. The applause was polite. "
Donny Osmond
People
Love
Want
" I believe in the institution of marriage. Of course being a Mormon, we believe in eternity rather than just till death do us part. If you really try hard, if you make it work, it's blissful. But I also know a marriage that isn't working can be painful. "
Donny Osmond
Marriage
Death
Believe
" I am not going to condemn anybody. That's where religion gets a bad name, when people get holier than thou. We are all human. If my children make a mistake, I want them to know it is all right and they should try harder next time. "
Donny Osmond
Mistake
I Am
Children
" Of course this is Vegas and it is the melting pot for all over the world, but people from all over the world know Donny and Marie. It is amazing. I have been in the business a long time to realize careers can be fleeting. Five years is a long career nowadays for some people, and here we are still going strong after 40 years. "
Donny Osmond
Time
Strong
Amazing
" I try to be a good guy and I fall short sometimes, but I use Christ as an example. "
Donny Osmond
Short
Sometimes
Good
" You know, I always wondered what it would have been like to just go to school, play football with the guys and go to the prom. Just like a 'regular person.' "
Donny Osmond
Football
You
School
" I'm an entertainer. I get up on stage and I try to make people enjoy my music, and that political arena - I'm going to stay out of it, right out. "
Donny Osmond
Up
Enjoy
People