133 Quotes by David Cassidy

If people respond to the songs, whether they love you or hate you, then you've really done your job. You've evoked something.

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.'

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.

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

There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become musicians, to become actors.

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

I gave up my whole life to my career.

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.

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.