Palace completed one of the coups of the transfer window when they shelled out a club-record fee to bring France international Cabaye back to England following his frustrating spell at Paris Saint-Germain.
The move to Selhurst Park reunited Cabaye with Alan Pardew, under whom he enjoyed two-and-a-half impressive years at Newcastle United before leaving for PSG in January 2014.
Speaking to French television programme Canal Football Club, midfielder Cabaye - who scored on his Premier League debut for Palace - said: "No one from the big clubs came forward, but it's not a default choice [signing for Palace] - far from it.
"I have been reunited with my former coach and I was not heading into the unknown. I feel really good.
"It didn't go as I wanted in Paris, but I have no hard feelings towards anyone.
"It's hard when you know you're in a team where you're going to try things and, in the end, when you try them, sometimes you pull them off and sometimes not.
"I know that when I arrived, perhaps there were certain players that didn't want me to come. As soon as there was a ball lost, an interception missed or not the right pass, people would shout, would look at you strangely."