My father had a tremendous influence on me, and I think many children who come from broken homes, esp. when they're very early. My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I. It was something in order to empower myself.

I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious.

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.

I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.

You know I got kicked out of high school and I used to go to Hendrix concerts. I used to go see Marvin Gaye and B.B. King and so here I am on television as an actor playing the part of this really sweet wholesome all American boy. The reality was I had a much different kind of teenage life.

I'm not saying that I won't tour again, but the chances are slim because my priorities are different now.

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