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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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" 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. "

Dave Davies

Doing

Ideas

Why

" 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. "

" You can always improve on something, the technology is different today, but I would leave it well alone. If there was something that was incomplete, that might be interesting... because I do that on my website. "

" How could I not love my own brother? I just can't stand to be with him. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When people get disillusioned and get insecure and content about the future, they tend to brood about what might have been. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm very interested in science fiction, and I like new things. I've never been a really sentimental person. "

" I think that things happen for a reason. "

" What makes me laugh about politics, sometimes, is it seems like once we get to a point where our problems are seemingly unsolvable, it's because we're looking through a wrong point of view. If we turn the thing on its head, then maybe we might see it differently. "

Dave Davies

Looking

Problems

" I learned five chords; I thought I knew it all. "

" Good rock music always tends to be around. "

" 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. "

" People that have had genuine abduction experiences that I've met that seem very genuine to me, but they're just confused about why it happened. I've met a lot of people like which I regard as being very genuine... but there's a lot of crazy people out there. "

" 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. "

" I love playing live now more than ever. I enjoy it, I think it keeps you young. "

" I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs. "

Dave Davies

People

" All good art, to me, is uncertainty. "

Dave Davies

Uncertainty

Good Art

" 'Hound Dog' is a really short record, and most singles didn't last three minutes. "

" You can't be glued in the '60s. Walking around, going up the pub or popping to Tesco in a hunting jacket. "

" 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. "

" I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. "

" My favorite part on 'Energy Fields,' at the end of the track is a little girl laughing, and to me, it's a child watching the world, her friends, and so-called grownup people, and the way they try to understand the world. "

" There's no point waking up in the morning feeling sorry for yourself. "

" 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. "

" 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

Thought

Problems

" I was interested in psychic things and in spiritualism even as a boy. I'd started doing yoga by the early 1970s. "

" 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. "