Wealth & Money Quote by David Cassidy

Cassidy’s line is a love letter to California that doubles as a warning shot. He starts with “of all places” because the state’s identity is supposed to be self-evident: sun, screens, spectacle. That phrase does quiet work, too, nudging the listener to accept entertainment not as a frivolous add-on but as the region’s baseline industry, as foundational as oil was to Texas or finance to New York.

The intent is pragmatic persuasion. Cassidy isn’t romanticizing art; he’s arguing for workforce development with a celebrity’s authority. “Entertainment is the key” reframes culture as infrastructure, the sort of thing legislators fund without needing to blush. It’s also a subtle defense of an industry that’s routinely dismissed as unserious right up until it pays the bills. By tying “young adults” to “financial base,” he collapses the usual gap between arts education and economic policy.

The subtext is anxiety about replacement and relevance. “Entering that world” suggests a gated ecosystem: unions, networks, soft skills, nepotism, access to training. His worry isn’t only talent; it’s preparedness for an industry that runs on speed, technology shifts, and constant reinvention. Read in context of California’s perpetual budget fights and periodic moral panics about Hollywood, Cassidy is making a civic argument: if the state treats entertainment as a punchline, it risks eroding one of its few globally scalable exports.

It’s also Cassidy, a former teen idol, implicitly insisting his world is not just glitter but payrolls, local businesses, and tax revenue. The charm is the pivot from glamour to ledger book: fame as an economic ecosystem that “impact[s] all of us.”