I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name.

We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship.

I wanted to be a veterinarian. I adored animals, raised everything in the world and decided that was going to be what I was going to do. But I could sing.

It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows, that they don't always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits.

After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise.

The musicals had a good, happy feeling, saying that the world is a better place. They say it's not reality, but who cares? There's too much reality these days.

We can't negate television. Unfortunately, I do feel in many ways that it did kill my movie career. It did do that. But would I not do it again? Do I have any regrets about doing it? No.

I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time.

I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music.

I wanted some family structure and stability, and thats what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids.

When we change and grow into new versions of ourselves, we have to tolerate a lot of uncertainty.

As you consider your next move, practice this definition of trust: the willingness to take steps while simultaneously waiting for “instructions.

I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly... that's what I call true friendship.

It is worth it to me to know I have succeeded based on my abilities and not on my looks or any 'connections.' I've tried not to embody destructive female images in my work.

I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.

You don't help your enterprise with a policy of protection.

Great morning prayer is like marinating in the Holy Spirit.

I know this sounds ridiculous but I like guys with love handles. I hate a washboard stomach - that does not turn me on.

When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.

Anyone that is able to put a high school film and gonzo journalism together, it's like, "Yes, please!"