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I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.
Micky Dolenz The Monkees -
People come and people go, moving fast and moving slow, I'm in a crowd and yet I'm all alone.
Micky Dolenz The Monkees
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No matter how tired I am, I can only sleep for four hours at a time.
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After high school I was going to be an architect. In fact, I was studying to be an architect when the audition for 'The Monkees' came along.
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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 -
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 -
I am extremely lucky; I've never been ill - although about 20 years ago I broke my right arm hang gliding.
Micky Dolenz The Monkees -
I never listen to music in the house, I listen to music in the car.
Peter Tork The Monkees
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My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met in Los Angeles doing a play together and so I grew up in a show biz family.
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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.
Davy Jones The Monkees -
I haven't been out in the marketplace in a while. I'm thinking about going back into it. I've got some things set up over the next couple of months just to go and see. But I have no idea what the specific way to a solution is anymore. It's mysterious to me.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees -
There are more honest people and more good people than there are thieves and bad people. It's just always been that way.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees -
When I do my solo concerts, I'm used to being on the stage for two hours solid, singing 16 songs. And when I did 'Funny Thing,' I was on the stage the whole time. This is much more difficult. It's the difference between racing and sprinting. This is sprinting. And I have to learn to pace myself.
Micky Dolenz The Monkees -
James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre...
Michael Nesmith The Monkees
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Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins.
Peter Tork The Monkees -
I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.
Micky Dolenz The Monkees -
Multimedia scares me off.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees -
Shh! Don't talk with your mouth full.
Micky Dolenz The Monkees -
In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me.
Davy Jones The Monkees -
What happened was, my parents after Circus Boy decided to take me out of show business for two years to go back to normal school. It was the smartest thing they ever did.
Micky Dolenz The Monkees
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The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter.
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Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music.
Peter Tork The Monkees -
You should be a hero to yourself. And if you're not... check it out.
Peter Tork The Monkees -
Buzzwords and cliches - those are stock in trade. There's nothing wrong with them.
Michael Nesmith The Monkees