Micky Dolenz Quotes

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.

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

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.

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

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

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

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.

Writing is a great love of mine.

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

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

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

I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I am extremely lucky; I've never been ill - although about 20 years ago I broke my right arm hang gliding.

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

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

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

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

There was never any pressure on me to go into the business, but I was always aware of it. I'd go on the set with my father and he and my mother would always be singing.