The Monkees Quotes
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I know a lot of people in the retirement village that I have a house in in Florida that are on the Internet and are reading the paper on the Internet, and they're communicating on the Internet.
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My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.
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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 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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The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.
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I'm well in touch with my family, my children. I keep them on my answer phone, so if I want to hear one of their voices, all I have to do is punch it up and it will be there.
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The universe is permeated with the odor of turpentine!
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Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.
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I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them.
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The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.
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One thing I can't stand is late kidnappers.
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Wherever I go, people still shout out: 'Hey, hey, we're The Monkees.' And I never tire of that.
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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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The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.
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Vampires!!! What a time to be caught without a turtleneck!
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And singing is a physical thing - your vocal cords are these muscles.
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When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel.
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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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The Monkees were never cancelled for a start. NBC wanted to do a third year.
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I’d play my nose now, but I’m... it’s... my nose is... out being fixed!
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In 1962 I was 17, so I was definitely watching the dance shows on television.
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I'm really a clean-cut kid.
