David Cassidy Quotes

Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later.

For me as a solo artist, I never want to be a nostalgia act.

My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isn't abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because it's all real to me. I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all.

I would never take part in one of those Eighties nostalgia tours, although I've been asked many times, because it's like admitting you have nothing new to offer. As long as I can keep making music I'm happy with, and people want to come to my gigs to hear it, I'll carry on.

It would have been more obvious to go into film, based on the generation before me, but the generation before them were all composers or classical musicians.

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living.

I said to myself a long time ago that I didn't want to be that hanging-on-for-too-long, aging-rock-musician guy, and that's why I sort of got away from music.

I maintain that when I finally retire from my career in music, I will go and live back in Wales - when I am an old person, if I live to be an old person. The water I miss, and the air, there's something different about it. And I miss the simple life.

Growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself. I felt with The Beatles legacy that there was pressure on me to do music, and while I always loved music and it was always around me at home, I thought about doing other things.

I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits.

I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

I never forget the first time I was on 'Top of the Pops', my bass player said: 'You've made it!' I did used to think, when I was younger, that I'd be on there one day.

Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.

It would be sad if my best work had been 20 years ago and now I only had memories.

I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.

I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had my share of success. Now like the old Irish minstrel, I have hung up my harp because my songs are all sung.

Who wants to be a 40-year-old rock and roller? You cannot live in the past.

I always tell my mom that if she would have just bought me a Barbie when I was little, I would have gone into real estate.

Eventually, when I recorded 'Release Me,' it sort of stamped my style, and I've followed in that vein ever since.

When I was 18 in Cold Chisel, I didn't want to make it to 21. Who wants to be that old?

My father, Aparesh Lahiri, was a musician too, and at a very young age, I was geared up for a career in music.

My father was a musician, so I feel like falling into this career was a bit inevitable.

Acting was always there in my mind, but I never tried too hard to take it up. I had to pay my bills, so I did whatever came my way. Music happened first, so I took it up quite passionately.

Y'know, it's funny: I didn't think I'd be playing 'Hold The Line' at 60 years old. I was 19 when I first played that.

I never intended to make a living from music. That's the funny thing. I wanted to be a journalist.