You should be a hero to yourself. And if you're not... check it out. Peter Tork More Quotes by Peter Tork More Quotes From Peter Tork Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away. Peter Tork disco-musicheavy-metalpops The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues and we are all in this together. Peter Tork foldstogether Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins. Peter Tork vitamins-and-mineralsaspirinpops Where there is clarity, there is no choice. And where there is choice, there is misery. But then, why should I speak, since I know nothing? Peter Tork claritymiserychoices Only one of us would usually sing lead. Which most of the time was, Mickey or Dave. They thought it was perfectly a natural routine, because Mickey and Dave saw themselves as TV actors. Peter Tork routinesawsactors Yes, I am a good singer. Peter Tork singers Shoe Suede Blues opened for the Monkees in the 1997 reunion tour for two shows. I went out in disguise when I played with Shoe Suede Blues. Peter Tork reunionshoestwo I don't know about friends, but what time I spent with The Beatles they were very courteous to me. Peter Tork courteousfriendsknows I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that. Peter Tork guitarplayfun Original Monkees' songs were produced very thinly, on purpose. Peter Tork originalspurposesong Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor. Peter Tork sense-of-humormen Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards. Peter Tork musicianenergytoo-late There hasn't been one show that we did, that I didn't enjoy to some extent. Peter Tork enjoyshows The most significant thing about the Monkees as a pop phenomenon is that we were the only TV show about young adults that did not feature a wiser, older person. Peter Tork significant-thingstv-showsadults Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music. Peter Tork vegascreditamerica My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened. Peter Tork gigsfavouritesolo The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music wasn't threatening, we weren't threatening. Peter Tork threateningcomedyplot Ringo is one of the world's true humans. The only one out those four guys, who did not have an agenda. Ringo was just into the music. Peter Tork agendasguyworld Shoe Suede Blues is ten years old this year. The Band consists of four members. Peter Tork shoesbandyears It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees set on the same night. Peter Tork playfunnight
