Donny Osmond

Donny Osmond is an American singer, actor, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid-1960’s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as: “The Osmonds”. Osmond went solo in the early 1970’s, covering such hits as “Go Away Little Girl” and “Puppy Love”.

For more than forty years, he and younger sister Marie have gained fame as Donny & Marie, partly due to the success of their 1976–79 self-titled variety series, which aired on ABC. The duo also did a 1998–2000 talk show and have been headlining in Las Vegas since 2008.

Date of birth:
9th December, 1957
"I’d like to work with Justin Bieber. He’s talented and he’s so young. I know what he’s going through. I’ve lived what he’s living through right now. Working with him would complete a circle of sorts for me. And he might find it a worthwhile experience himself."
― Donny Osmond
Topic(s): Experience
"If you’re climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don’t look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don’t think you’re progressing until you step back and see how high you’ve really gone."
― Donny Osmond
Topic(s): Life
"Maybe I am a little bit guilty of trying to convince myself that I am cool to this point – even today. But I am so much more healthy than I used to be in my twenties, because I was not accepted at all."
― Donny Osmond
Topic(s): Cool
"My political ideas and things like that, even my religion, I try to keep close to me because it’s a personal thing, and I don’t shove it down people’s throats. I don’t condemn any artist that wants to do that, like the Baldwins. That’s their choice. But in my world, I’m just an entertainer."
― Donny Osmond
Topic(s): Religion
"I never smile unless I mean it."
― Donny Osmond
Topic(s): Smile
"With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career, but also my brothers’ – not to mention the livelihoods of many people who work with us or for us."
― Donny Osmond
Topic(s): Success
"The mindset of chasing that next #1 record doesn’t exist for me anymore. It’s more about being a well-rounded entertainer than being a pop artist. Obviously, it would be wonderful to have a hit record but I don’t base my happiness on that anymore. It’s about the accomplishment of a project that satisfies me. I just want to enjoy the ride."
― Donny Osmond
Topic(s): Happiness
"I am not going to condemn anybody. That’s where religion gets a bad name, when people get holier than thou. We are all human. If my children make a mistake, I want them to know it is all right and they should try harder next time."
― Donny Osmond
Topic(s): Religion
"It’s a lot of work to keep reinventing yourself and coming up with new stuff, but that’s what it takes to be in show business."
― Donny Osmond
Topic(s): Business
"I was never considered cool throughout my teens: a very important time to be accepted by someone, especially your peers. Yes, I had all the screaming women, but the guys hated my guts."
― Donny Osmond
Topic(s): Cool

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