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" Some of those early Kinks songs, we were barely in tune. "
Dave Davies
Those
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" 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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" 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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" I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. "
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" 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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Life
Waiting
" My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world. "
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World
You
" I'm very interested in science fiction, and I like new things. I've never been a really sentimental person. "
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New Things
New
" 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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Simplicity
" Good rock music always tends to be around. "
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Always
Rock Music
Rock
" I was interested in psychic things and in spiritualism even as a boy. I'd started doing yoga by the early 1970s. "
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Early
Started
Things
" There's no point waking up in the morning feeling sorry for yourself. "
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Yourself
Point
Sorry
" 'Hound Dog' is a really short record, and most singles didn't last three minutes. "
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Most
Last
Minutes
" I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs. "
Dave Davies
People
Me
Like
" 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. "
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Spiritual
Think
Future
" My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things. "
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Like
Music
Family
" Exmoor and Dartmoor are sacred, magical places. You find a truer side of yourself there. "
Dave Davies
Find
Places
Magical
" 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. "
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Think
Time
World
" All good art, to me, is uncertainty. "
Dave Davies
Uncertainty
Me
Good Art
" Being alone on the moors is scary; as the rain clouds settle in, it makes you realise your place in nature. "
Dave Davies
Clouds
Rain
Nature
" I have always worked with energy. Everything is energy. Buddhism. Christ teachings. These are foundation stones for a spiritual life. "
Dave Davies
Spiritual
Life
Foundation
" 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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Used
Big
Him
" 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. "
Dave Davies
Love
Understanding
World
" I love playing live now more than ever. I enjoy it, I think it keeps you young. "
Dave Davies
Live
Think
Young
" It's the easiest thing in the world to be down about anything. I think the body responds to good vibes. "
Dave Davies
Good
Body
Down
" You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone. "
Dave Davies
Responsibility
You
Fix
" You can't be glued in the '60s. Walking around, going up the pub or popping to Tesco in a hunting jacket. "
Dave Davies
Going
Hunting
Jacket
" 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
" 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. "
Dave Davies
Problems
Life
Happy
" I learned five chords; I thought I knew it all. "
Dave Davies
Chords
Five
Knew
" 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. "
Dave Davies
Politics
Want
Think
" I think that things happen for a reason. "
Dave Davies
Happen
Reason
Things Happen