I'm never going to retire and say, 'This is it. This is my last show.' I will not go on tour - I promised my wife and son no more than two weeks on the road.

I've had a great metamorphosis in my life. I struggled for a number of years because I was identified with that image of the Seventies.

Everything in my life was about performance when I was doing 'The Partridge Family.'

My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.

When I was 11, I moved to Los Angeles to live with my father and stepmother and my half brothers. I became really close to my stepmother, and I am still very close to my brothers. My stepmother is the actress Shirley Jones, who was in The Partridge Family alongside me, so we worked together for years.

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us.