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James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre...
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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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.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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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.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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It's what the Iraqi people are going through right now. They have encountered a victorious, hostile force - but, you know, there they still are. There their culture is, there their history is, they're not going anywhere.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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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.
Peter Tork The Monkees
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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.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards.
Peter Tork The Monkees
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I never listen to music in the house, I listen to music in the car.
Peter Tork The Monkees
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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.
Davy Jones The Monkees
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Wealth, in terms of dollars and so forth, could be counted up, because dollars were finite. It doesn’t make any difference how many dollars you have - at a certain point you only have dollars. You start with finite, you end with finite.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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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.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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You know I used to be a heartthrob, and now I'm a coronary.
Davy Jones The Monkees
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I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.
Peter Tork The Monkees
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You should be a hero to yourself. And if you're not... check it out.
Peter Tork The Monkees
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In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me.
Davy Jones The Monkees
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Just because you can thrill a toddler by chewing with your mouth open doesn’t mean you should.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.
Micky Dolenz The Monkees
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The rock sitting on the shelf has potential because it can fall - it's the same way with the Internet. It has this potential. It's not really doing it yet, but it's about to.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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Oh, the most fun thing I've ever been asked to autograph was breasts.
Peter Tork The Monkees
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Buzzwords and cliches - those are stock in trade. There's nothing wrong with them.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter.
Micky Dolenz The Monkees
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I don't quite know what a record is anymore. I don't quite know how to describe it. Don't know how to define it yet, so I'm just letting it gestate, and grow and see if maybe I'll get a better sense of what a record is.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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Once the smoke of the market crash clears off, you know, the Internet will pick back up and go. Take a look at what's happening to some of the big companies like eBay and Yahoo, the publicly traded stocks. You know, they're all coming back up off the mat now.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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There's this notion that allows people to create their own collection of songs, so it rewrites what a song is. They may only want 10 seconds of something, or they may only want this particular song, or they want this group of songs. It becomes much more user-controlled.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
