The Monkees Quotes
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I wanted to be a jockey.
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If you really dig a chick, you should talk to her, not steal her picture.
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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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Theres a certain logic to systems, and that logic is fairly self-evident. Its very straightforward, usually. It might take a little research, it might take a little bit of industry to prize it out, but its there to be seen.
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I never feel like I have to hang on to the music. I don't expect that the music will go away. Ideas are the only thing I can point to that are permanent and fixed.
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People ask me if I ever get sick of playing 'Daydream Believer' or whatever. But I don't look at it that way. Do they ask if Tony Bennett is tired of 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco?'
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Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over 50 that they can do it.
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I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid.
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I am more of an old black and white movies fan.
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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 own property in a quiet little town of Pennsylvania.
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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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It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things.
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James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre...
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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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I am extremely lucky; I've never been ill - although about 20 years ago I broke my right arm hang gliding.
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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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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not a public democratic organization; it's a private club basically. It's like a private golf club and they decide who they're going to let in the club.
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Now DVD can represent more income than the box office - and typically does.
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And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience.
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I like to listen the blues and some classical.
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Typically what happens is, somebody drags an idea from the past that worked in an old set of logics that they try to apply to the new one. And it doesn't work.
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I'm not performing now. What I do now is listen to music all day long. Listening is very nourishing to me. I might go back to perform, I might make another record. I've got a record half finished.
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Just because you can thrill a toddler by chewing with your mouth open doesn’t mean you should.