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" I thought I'd use music to confront the problems that I faced, and it helped. I found a more healing mindset, and it did rejuvenate me. "
Dave Davies
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Thought
Problems
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" A lot of our music came out of a lot of weird psychology and weird emotions. When you play the whole body of work, you get tossed all over the place. It's not easy listening. It's not even comfortable to listen to. "
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You
" I learned five chords; I thought I knew it all. "
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" When people get disillusioned and get insecure and content about the future, they tend to brood about what might have been. "
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" 'Hound Dog' is a really short record, and most singles didn't last three minutes. "
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" A lot of people that embark on spiritual endeavors tended to, especially in the '60s and '70s, they tended to give up what they had before and cut themselves off from their lives, previous life as it were. But, I don't think that one should do that. "
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" I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs. "
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Me
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" We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now. "
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World
" Being alone on the moors is scary; as the rain clouds settle in, it makes you realise your place in nature. "
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Rain
Nature
" As an individual, I think you have to find your own path. I like the simplicity and purity of Hinduism and many elements of Buddhism. These are all means of accessing spiritual energy. "
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You
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" Sometimes when you're with the same old people, you get the same old thing. "
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You
Old
People
" We've always had our hardcore fans. But the general public has a love-hate thing about the 'Kinks.' It always leaves people with a question mark on their heads. "
Dave Davies
People
Question
Always
" I think people are turning inward more now cause the world's got in such a weird, crazy state. I think its making people think more about their life and what it is really that they are doing. And how do we interact with a world that's going crazy? It's a very important time. "
Dave Davies
Think
Time
World
" We need balance. We need to balance our inner life with our outer life. Nature is always sitting there waiting to help us, but we have to do the work. Nature is probably the greatest teacher that we'll ever have... the earth and nature. "
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Nature
Life
Waiting
" All good art, to me, is uncertainty. "
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Me
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" Exmoor and Dartmoor are sacred, magical places. You find a truer side of yourself there. "
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Find
Places
Magical
" The artistic side of our family was very important because one person encourages the other. It was a vey enlightening place to be as a kid because of all the music and dancing, and my dad played banjo; my sisters played piano and sang. "
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Dancing
Place
Important
" How could I not love my own brother? I just can't stand to be with him. "
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Own
My Own
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" Science has proved that everything is energy, and now they have dark energy, dark matter. They don't call it all-embracing consciousness; they call it dark because they can't measure it. You know, paint it black. "
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Black
Dark
Energy
" You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone. "
Dave Davies
Responsibility
You
Fix
" What I believe in touches many aspects of religious and spiritual thought. Mainly I'm influenced and inspired by the eastern yogi's aspect of mysticism, Which is, I think, the future. "
Dave Davies
Spiritual
Think
Future
" I can't stand tribute bands. It's nice, bless 'em, but it's not right. They can't capture the right spirit. You never see a tribute comedian, a tribute Les Dawson. "
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Capture
Nice
Stand
" I'm very interested in science fiction, and I like new things. I've never been a really sentimental person. "
Dave Davies
Person
New Things
New
" Working with the Kinks, there always seemed to be some kind of automatic process at work. Ray and I had this telepathy happening for a long time, where one of us always knew what the other could do with something. "
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Time
Long Time
Long
" Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way. "
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Other
" I have always worked with energy. Everything is energy. Buddhism. Christ teachings. These are foundation stones for a spiritual life. "
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" I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. "
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" I always loved the guitar, from when I was quite little. My dad had a G banjo at the house that he played. When he had parties, my sisters always played piano, and my dad played banjo. "
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He
Always
House
" It's the easiest thing in the world to be down about anything. I think the body responds to good vibes. "
Dave Davies
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Body
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" Good rock music always tends to be around. "
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" I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. "
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Want
Think