Ray Davies Quotes - Page 3

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• I close my eyes and feel the universe within me.

  Ray Davies

  Philosophy, Eye, Feels

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• Blow your brains out and do it right, make sure it's on prime time and on Saturday night.

  Ray Davies

  Art, Blow, Night

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• Life means nothing to you, at least that's what they say. But it doesn't mean that you have the right to take life away.

  Ray Davies

  Mean, Politics, Life Means

  Song: Killer's Eyes, Album: Give the People What They Want

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• I'm the mirror to your mood, you hate me and I hate you.

  Ray Davies

  Hate, Philosophy, Mirrors

  Song: Hatred, Album: Phobia

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• I'm easy driving, But I'm not a person who loves living pleasantly above all else. I'm not that way at all. I might think I'm that, but I'm not really that.

  Ray Davies

  Thinking, Might, Way

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• Great American union rules with a fist, a smile, and a gun. Great American napalm lights up the sky like the sun.

  Ray Davies

  Gun, Light, Sky

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• A restless spirit who can't reach his goal, can't find a home until I've found my soul.

  Ray Davies

  Philosophy, Home, Goal

  Song: Still Searching, Album: Phobia

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• When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog-big as a donkey. ... I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio. ... I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere. ... Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.

  Ray Davies

  Country, Dog, Song

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• You look like a human being, but you don't have a mind of your own.

  Ray Davies

  Philosophy, Mind, Looks

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• Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.

  Ray Davies

  Country, Rhythm And Blues, Rhythm

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• You make alterations, affecting your pose, a new house, a new car, a new job, a new nose.

  Ray Davies

  Art, Jobs, Media

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• Tell the people what they want and decide what they need.

  Ray Davies

  Art, Media, People

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• The passage of time eliminates some of the more intimate details of one's existence. The routine trivia like passing water and shitting and the amount of food and alcohol consumed in the course of daily survival. Sure, there were girls. Lots of'em. It's inevitable.

  Ray Davies

  Life, Girl, Water

  Ray Davies (2007). “X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography”, p.92, The Overlook Press

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• The Christians to the lions sold out every night.

  Ray Davies

  Christian, Art, Night

  Song: Give the People What They Want, Album: Give the People What They Want

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• I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting.

  Ray Davies

  Ideas, India, Chanting

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• Rudolf Valentino looks very much alive and he looks up ladies dresses as they sadly pass him by.

  Ray Davies

  Social Taboos, Dresses, Looks

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• End up blowing all of his wages for the week, all for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek.

  Ray Davies

  Work, Wages, Week

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• I'm not cheap, you understand, I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land.

  Ray Davies

  Cutting, Land, Politics

  Song: Low Budget

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• Life is so groovy when your record is hot.

  Ray Davies

  Hot, Records, Life Is

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• He thinks he is a flower to be looked at And when he pulls his frilly nylon pants right up tight He feels a dedicated follower of fashion. When a waiter at Buckingham Palace spilled soup on her dress: Never darken my Dior again!

  Ray Davies

  Fashion, Flower, Thinking

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• Before you condemn me my friends, I suggest you look deep inside you. For good and evil exists in us all.

  Ray Davies

  Philosophy, Evil, Looks

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• I'm sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock.

  Ray Davies

  Work, Eye, Sitting

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• I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere.

  Ray Davies

  Song, Elsewhere, Englishmen

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• Jogging in the park is my excuse to look at all the girls.

  Ray Davies

  Girl, Honesty, Parks

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• If you weren't naggin', honey, you'd be so sweet.

  Ray Davies

  Sweet, Honesty, Honey

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