My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry. Micky Dolenz More Quotes by Micky Dolenz More Quotes From Micky Dolenz The Monkees are to the Beatles what 'Star Trek' is to NASA. They are both totally valid in their contexts. Micky Dolenz nasa stars People come and people go, moving fast and moving slow, I'm in a crowd and yet I'm all alone. Micky Dolenz crowds people moving Is there a God? No. God is a verb, not a noun. Micky Dolenz nouns verbs 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. Micky Dolenz rock-and-roll rocks golf Many people have fond memories of 'The Monkees.' I fondly remember it, too. Micky Dolenz remember memories people Writing is a great love of mine. Micky Dolenz great-love mines writing With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery. Micky Dolenz drummer brain world When my 'Scientific American' arrives every month, I read it cover to cover. Micky Dolenz months When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel. Micky Dolenz angel mother looks I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage. Micky Dolenz acting-now learning acting Yeah I did put my clothes on, but my clothes took off... Could it be my clothes are putting me on?? Micky Dolenz clothes yeah 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 funny-things song two I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest. Micky Dolenz being-honest honest awards I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid. Micky Dolenz entertainers kids Shh! Don't talk with your mouth full. Micky Dolenz shh labyrinth mouths To dispose of a two-headed Org, jump up and down three times, roll a head of cabbage, and giggle! Micky Dolenz cabbage three two 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 boys years school 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. Micky Dolenz singing mother father 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. Micky Dolenz auditions facts school 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. Micky Dolenz mom play father
