Dave Wakeling Quotes

• We found that if you played a bunch of punk singles in a row, people would dance like crazy and then get worn out and go somewhere else in the house. And if you played reggae all the time, people ended up leaning against the walls and nodding their head. But if you mixed it up, the floor got more and more packed, and the energy from the two types of music seemed to feed into each other, and the adrenaline from the punk, and the seductive sway of the reggae seemed to fit together.

  Dave Wakeling

  Wall, Crazy, Somewhere Else

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• In the late 60's to the early 70's, I was caught between the hippie and the skinhead movement. I had my hair cut so I didn't look like a straight at a hippie event, and I didn't look like a hippie at a skinhead event. It was a good haircut.

  Dave Wakeling

  Hippie, Cutting, Hair

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• I suppose reggae has always been a hopeful way to protest, and just because the world's tragic doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

  Dave Wakeling

  Beautiful, Mean, Hopeful

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• When I was a teenager, I wanted to be in a group, or I wanted to work for Greenpeace, or I wanted to be a Buddhist monk. Those were the only three things I really wanted to do. I was doing some sort of soul searching in life.

  Dave Wakeling

  Buddhist, Teenager, Soul

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I was really crying the morning after the indication. However I am over that now. Nevertheless, I am proud for it to be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame. But I've got two copies of the guitar now, to remind of the original Teardrop.

  Dave Wakeling

  Morning, Two, Rocks

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• I think there's a pride of what a real American can be. I mean, I'm a transplant, but I've got American kids and an American wife, and when I go back to England I feel more like an American, the way I look at the world, is more from an American perspective at this point. I've traveled every state 30 or 40 times, and have met an amazing array of people, and I have found Americans to be among the most kind and tolerant people I have ever met.

  Dave Wakeling

  Real, Mean, Kids

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• An America we can be proud of, rather than an America to be embarrassed of. You know it's a sign, when you see American backpackers traveling abroad with Canadian flags on their packs!

  Dave Wakeling

  America, Flags, Proud

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• That's the shame about Miles Copeland; he's evil, but he's got a heart of gold.

  Dave Wakeling

  Heart, Evil, Gold

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