He has three half bothers, Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan from his Dad (an actor and singer) and his second wife Shirley Jones (famous singer from the movies Oklahoma! And The Music Man, etc.). David did the play ‘Blood Brothers’ with Shaun who sings and had a TV show in the 70s as well.
In 2011 David Cassidy discussed his Christian spiritual upbringing and influences. Talking about his faith in a 2011 interview. His grandfather, a Methodist, and grandmother, an Episcopalian, were involved in their respective churches. Cassidy became the soloist in the junior choir; his grandmother was a pianist and soloist in the senior choir. There was a lot of Bible school, according to the singer. "It probably was subconsciously something that - later on in life, as I went through becoming extremely successful early on - helped to keep me grounded," he says.
I think David had many personalities. I notice he talked SO much, in many of his interviews, and think it was a way for him stay disconnected. It makes sense to me that he'd had trouble with deeper heart connections~~
Yea, like a talking head, he had that alcoholic thing too, even though he protested having to talk about the past and wanted to be liked for his current self, paradoxically, of rattling off his memories.
@@KateStrongHealer I have a big soft spot for him, but you're right about this. There's the "I'm better than that," but at the same time, "I want full credit for being incredibly successful." That intense need to justify himself, to be seen as "good"..."It was awful, but I was so lucky to be able to touch so many lives." It's all understandable, and even justified, but the intensity of the contradiction does go along with alcoholism -- the shame, the self-loathing, the anger. But I have a lot of compassion for him. So many strikes against him -- two that he was born with -- the hardcore addiction genes, and a rejecting father -- and then that kind of soul-crushing fame.
@@KateStrongHealer Wow, I'm watching other interviews and seeing it more and more. I'd seen it before, but now it's dominating since thinking about your comment. He often does it with a low key affect and tone of voice, but that seems just a way of wanting to make it sound casual. It's a compulsion, though, isn't it. OK! Wow, I don't want to turn him into a specimen in a lab...I'm 55 and had a day and night crush on him from age six (yes!) to maybe 11 or 12, and only recently have gone back wondering who this guy was. There are a few videos on here where he's in a better place and you can see a piece of who he was meant to be. If you're interested, this is one where I think that comes out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mRXsJSEarFE.html
