tors have struggled and then finally they make it and suddenly
people go, “Oh, my God what a
talent!” Well, they had that talent,
they just now had the opportunity.
If you’re just pursuing the result
which is “I want to be rich,” then
good luck. Good luck with that.
It can be done now, but to me it’s
pretty empty that way.
I love to play. I love to entertain
and I get more of a buzz out of doing that — making people laugh,
making people cry. That’s just the
way it is. It inspires me to get up
and play with the best band I’ve
ever had in my life. They’ve been
with me now for a decade and
they’re all master class musicians.
They’re ridiculously good! And
they’re like my second family.
What are your sets like these
days? Do you only play the hits
or include your own favorites?
Oh, no, I don’t just do the hits.
I do the hits that I like and the
ones that fit. I just started doing
a hit that actually sold almost two
million copies of the single. It’s
called “Doesn’t Somebody Want
To Be Wanted” and it was a song I
hated! I nearly quit The Partridge
Family over it. But I do it now
again and not because I feel pressured to do it but because I can
riff on it about how silly it was for
I’d love to act, but don’t do junk.
If it doesn’t spark a fire in your belly,
what are you doing it for?
New Jersey Stage
December 2014
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