Peter Tork Quotes
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My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.
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The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music wasn't threatening, we weren't threatening.
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Only one of us would usually sing lead. Which most of the time was, Mickey or Dave. They thought it was perfectly a natural routine, because Mickey and Dave saw themselves as TV actors.
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The universe is permeated with the odor of turpentine!
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One thing I can't stand is late kidnappers.
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Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.
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Shoe Suede Blues is ten years old this year. The Band consists of four members.
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Where there is clarity, there is no choice. And where there is choice, there is misery. But then, why should I speak, since I know nothing?
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Vampires!!! What a time to be caught without a turtleneck!
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Michael Sunday and I are the original members of the band. We first did it just for charities and benefit concerts. It was very ad-hoc, and before we knew it, we were really a band. We went through several drummers and guitarists before we were happy with the line up.
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Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away.
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No, in 1968 I still wanted to be a Pop Star, and be about the music. Now, I want to be just about the music.
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I did as well as I knew how and have nothing to be ashamed of.
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The most significant thing about the Monkees as a pop phenomenon is that we were the only TV show about young adults that did not feature a wiser, older person.
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I don't know about friends, but what time I spent with The Beatles they were very courteous to me.
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There hasn't been one show that we did, that I didn't enjoy to some extent.
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I like to listen the blues and some classical.
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I am a still friend with Dave Crosby, he's a weird duck but I like him a lot.
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The four of us couldn't have made a record with the time left over when we were shooting the show. We were on stage from 7.30 in the morning 'til 7 at night. Later on, when there was a break from filming, and we were sick of doing it the old way.
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Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway.
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I am more of an old black and white movies fan.
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It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees' set on the same night.
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I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.
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I never listen to music in the house, I listen to music in the car.