The Kinks Quotes
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If I had to do my life over, I would change every single thing I have done.
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I'm susceptible to that sort of thing - to walls and flowers. You can probably get something more from a wall than a person sometimes. It's just put somewhere.
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I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others.
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My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world.
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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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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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Exmoor and Dartmoor are sacred, magical places. You find a truer side of yourself there.
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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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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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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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All good art, to me, is uncertainty.
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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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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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I have always worked with energy. Everything is energy. Buddhism. Christ teachings. These are foundation stones for a spiritual life.
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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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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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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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There's no point waking up in the morning feeling sorry for yourself.
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Sometimes when you're with the same old people, you get the same old thing.
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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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Some of those early Kinks songs, we were barely in tune.
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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.