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" My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things. "
Dave Davies
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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 love playing live now more than ever. I enjoy it, I think it keeps you young. "
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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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" 'Hound Dog' is a really short record, and most singles didn't last three minutes. "
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" I've always been ready to embrace what's around the corner because it might be just the thing that I need to help me grow. "
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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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" 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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Nature
" I was a big, big fan of Jimmy Burton. Anything with him on, I used to perk up and listen to it over and over and over again. "
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" Our problems stem from our childhood. Ray was, for so long, the only boy. Then I arrive and take all his limelight away from him. That must have quite a profound effect. I sometimes think that Ray was only happy for three-and-a-half years in his life. And those were the three-and-a-half years before I was born. "
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Long Time
Long
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World
You
" I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs. "
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" 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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" I'm very interested in science fiction, and I like new things. I've never been a really sentimental person. "
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" Ray is very secretive about his ideas - why not, the times that the Kinks have been ripped off, especially in the early years, it makes you a little bit cautious about telling anybody what you're doing. And that's understandable. "
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