Micky Dolenz Quotes

The Monkees are to the Beatles what 'Star Trek' is to NASA. They are both totally valid in their contexts.

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Stars, Nasa

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People come and people go, moving fast and moving slow, I'm in a crowd and yet I'm all alone.

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Moving, People, Crowds

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Many people have fond memories of 'The Monkees.' I fondly remember it, too.

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Memories, People, Remember

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Is there a God? No. God is a verb, not a noun.

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Verbs, Nouns

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When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel.

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Mother, Angel, Looks

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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.

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Learning, Acting, Acting Now

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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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Golf, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery.

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Brain, World, Drummer

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To dispose of a two-headed Org, jump up and down three times, roll a head of cabbage, and giggle!

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Two, Three, Cabbage

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My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry.

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Berries, Littles, Influence

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Yeah I did put my clothes on, but my clothes took off... Could it be my clothes are putting me on??

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Clothes, Yeah

"The Monkees: Monkees Watch Their Feet". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1968.

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Writing is a great love of mine.

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Writing, Great Love, Mines

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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.

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Song, Funny Things, Two

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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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Mom, Father, Play

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I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents never pressured me into it.

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Guitar, Piano, Parent

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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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School, Auditions, Facts

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And singing is a physical thing - your vocal cords are these muscles.

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Singing, Muscles, Vocal Cords

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Shh! Don't talk with your mouth full.

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Labyrinth, Shh, Mouths

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When my 'Scientific American' arrives every month, I read it cover to cover.

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Months

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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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Years, Gliding, Lucky

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I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.

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Awards, Honest, Being Honest

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The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter.

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Songwriters

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In 1962 I was 17, so I was definitely watching the dance shows on television.

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Television, Shows

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No matter how tired I am, I can only sleep for four hours at a time.

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Tired, Sleep, Four

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I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid.

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Kids, Entertainers

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Born: March 8, 1945
Occupation: Actor
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