David Cassidy Quotes

David Cassidy was an American actor and musician who became a teen heartthrob during the 1970s. He gained worldwide fame for his role as Keith Partridge in the musical sitcom "The Partridge Family." Cassidy's charming persona and musical talents made him a pop icon, selling millions of records and performing in sold-out concerts. He is remembered as one of the most beloved teen idols of his time.

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

Discovering the context

Disassociates oneself from the concept or image of a "teen idol," emphasizing that it doesn't accurately represent the person's identity or experiences.

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.

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 didn't end up some sad, tragic guy singing in a lounge somewhere. I never went out and took big money for nostalgia and became like an oldies act.

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.