Dave Davies Quotes
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We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.
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I thought I'd use music to confront the problems that I faced, and it helped. I found a more healing mindset, and it did rejuvenate me.
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I can't stand tribute bands. It's nice, bless 'em, but it's not right. They can't capture the right spirit. You never see a tribute comedian, a tribute Les Dawson.
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Being alone on the moors is scary; as the rain clouds settle in, it makes you realise your place in nature.
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My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world.
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I'm very interested in science fiction, and I like new things. I've never been a really sentimental person.
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I was a big, big fan of Jimmy Burton. Anything with him on, I used to perk up and listen to it over and over and over again.
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People that have had genuine abduction experiences that I've met that seem very genuine to me, but they're just confused about why it happened. I've met a lot of people like which I regard as being very genuine... but there's a lot of crazy people out there.
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Exmoor and Dartmoor are sacred, magical places. You find a truer side of yourself there.
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You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.
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It's the easiest thing in the world to be down about anything. I think the body responds to good vibes.
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We need balance. We need to balance our inner life with our outer life. Nature is always sitting there waiting to help us, but we have to do the work. Nature is probably the greatest teacher that we'll ever have... the earth and nature.
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You can't be glued in the '60s. Walking around, going up the pub or popping to Tesco in a hunting jacket.
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All good art, to me, is uncertainty.
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Working with the Kinks, there always seemed to be some kind of automatic process at work. Ray and I had this telepathy happening for a long time, where one of us always knew what the other could do with something.
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I have always worked with energy. Everything is energy. Buddhism. Christ teachings. These are foundation stones for a spiritual life.
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There's no point waking up in the morning feeling sorry for yourself.
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I think people are turning inward more now cause the world's got in such a weird, crazy state. I think its making people think more about their life and what it is really that they are doing. And how do we interact with a world that's going crazy? It's a very important time.
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When people get disillusioned and get insecure and content about the future, they tend to brood about what might have been.
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A lot of our music came out of a lot of weird psychology and weird emotions. When you play the whole body of work, you get tossed all over the place. It's not easy listening. It's not even comfortable to listen to.
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Sometimes when you're with the same old people, you get the same old thing.
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The artistic side of our family was very important because one person encourages the other. It was a vey enlightening place to be as a kid because of all the music and dancing, and my dad played banjo; my sisters played piano and sang.
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What makes me laugh about politics, sometimes, is it seems like once we get to a point where our problems are seemingly unsolvable, it's because we're looking through a wrong point of view. If we turn the thing on its head, then maybe we might see it differently.
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Some of those early Kinks songs, we were barely in tune.