Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career. "
Davy Jones
Changed
Acting
Career
Related Quotes:
" You know I used to be a heartthrob, and now I'm a coronary. "
Davy Jones
Used
Heartthrob
Know
" Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over 50 that they can do it. "
Davy Jones
Over
Now
Racing
" I'm well in touch with my family, my children. I keep them on my answer phone, so if I want to hear one of their voices, all I have to do is punch it up and it will be there. "
Davy Jones
Touch
Children
Family
" You can put me in the basement or the penthouse; it doesn't matter to me. "
Davy Jones
You
Put
Me
" The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times. "
Davy Jones
Bad
Bad Times
Want
" Groupies to me, were people who followed you around. Familiar faces who were always there, asking for autographs. We have more of those now, but they're not sexual. "
Davy Jones
Always
People
You
" The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean that we're rebellious. "
Davy Jones
Just Because
Now
Rules
" And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience. "
Davy Jones
Experience
Vegas
Seven
" We'll get material in there and all of a sudden I'll switch the material around or the order of the show. "
Davy Jones
Show
Order
Material
" America changed my life, but I still think of home and working in Scotland was an important part of that. "
Davy Jones
Home
Think
America
" My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960. "
Davy Jones
First
Performance
Stage
" I'm so reluctant to do newspaper interviews because it's so misleading how they interpret what you say. "
Davy Jones
Interviews
Because
Say
" Justin Bieber stole my haircut. And Axl Rose stole my dance! "
Davy Jones
Rose
Haircut
Stole
" Once you get into something so big, people think of you in one way. "
Davy Jones
You
Way
Think
" We wanted to interview people on the show, do variety, get the artists, the guests involved with us in our group. They wanted to keep the four guys together. We wanted to change the format. "
Davy Jones
People
Group
Change
" The Monkees were never cancelled for a start. NBC wanted to do a third year. "
Davy Jones
Cancelled
Year
Wanted
" Wherever I go, people still shout out: 'Hey, hey, we're The Monkees.' And I never tire of that. "
Davy Jones
People
Wherever
Out
" I own property in a quiet little town of Pennsylvania. "
Davy Jones
Little
Own
Property
" My family is a part of my life and everything is all a mixture of enjoyment. "
Davy Jones
Family
Life
My Life
" It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older. "
Davy Jones
Used
Retirement
Getting Older
" The only people who didn't like The Monkees were the French, and they don't even like themselves, so what's the point? "
Davy Jones
Who
Like
Only
" I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider. "
Davy Jones
Cup
Challenge
Maryland
" I don't need any more awards. "
Davy Jones
Awards
Any
Need
" Over the last couple of years I have gotten an average of 2,000 letters a week from fans. "
Davy Jones
Over
Letters
Last
" In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me. "
Davy Jones
Office
Always
Me
" I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them. "
Davy Jones
America
Go
Over
" They want to know I'm doing good, the fans do. "
Davy Jones
Want
Know
Doing Good
" I know a lot of people in the retirement village that I have a house in in Florida that are on the Internet and are reading the paper on the Internet, and they're communicating on the Internet. "
Davy Jones
People
Retirement
Reading
" During the summer, Screen Gems launched the New Monkees, which miserably failed I understand. I never saw it. "
Davy Jones
Never
Summer
Gems
" People ask me if I ever get sick of playing 'Daydream Believer' or whatever. But I don't look at it that way. Do they ask if Tony Bennett is tired of 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco?' "
Davy Jones
People
Look
Tired