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

- Shirley Jones

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 hi…

- Shirley Jones

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 a…

- Shirley Jones

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

- Shirley Jones

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

- Shirley Jones

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, …

- Shirley Jones

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

- Shirley Jones

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 t…

- Shirley Jones

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 …

- Shirley Jones