Davy Jones
The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.
The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean that we're rebellious.
You can put me in the basement or the penthouse; it doesn't matter to me.
Wherever I go, people still shout out: 'Hey, hey, we're The Monkees.' And I never tire of that.
The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.
The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.
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.
The only people who didn't like The Monkees were the French, and they don't even like themselves, so what's the point?
Justin Bieber stole my haircut. And Axl Rose stole my dance!
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.
During the summer, Screen Gems launched the New Monkees, which miserably failed I understand. I never saw it.
I don't need any more awards.
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.
I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy.
We'll get material in there and all of a sudden I'll switch the material around or the order of the show.
It's a crying shame we don't play more parks and fairs. I would love to go right to the Chamber of Commerce or whoever they are, so that we could get involved in a different way.
I read a whole bunch of bits and pieces over the years, obviously from the fan magazines and the rest of the stuff, and I just wanted to give a little more insight into what's happening in my personal life.
People always expect you to be jumping out of a Rolls Royce and being in the papers for drunk and disorderly or sleeping around.
I own property in a quiet little town of Pennsylvania.
I've got a farm in England where I breed horses.
I was mad at Screen Gems, but I'm not mad at them anymore.
They want to know I'm doing good, the fans do.
In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me.
Over the last couple of years I have gotten an average of 2,000 letters a week from fans.
Around the property I have here, I'm about to put an all weather race track. I'm about to build stables. I'm about to ship over a couple of my thoroughbreds from England.
I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider.
My family is a part of my life and everything is all a mixture of enjoyment.
The Monkees were never cancelled for a start. NBC wanted to do a third year.
As far as groupies, I never saw any of them.
I'm a married man. If I want sex at this particular point in my life, I go home for it.
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.
I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them.
I wanted to be a jockey.
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?'
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.
It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older.
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.
You know I used to be a heartthrob, and now I'm a coronary.
I'm so reluctant to do newspaper interviews because it's so misleading how they interpret what you say.
My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.
America changed my life, but I still think of home and working in Scotland was an important part of that.
The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career.
Once you get into something so big, people think of you in one way.
I'm really a clean-cut kid.
There's an audience for everything.
Once you're in, you're in. It's like the Mafia. Once a Monkee, always a Monkee.Collection: Mafia
I like tall girls because I like someone to look up to.Collection: Girl
Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare. All your sins punished. I can offer you...an escape.Collection: Dark
I only bet on what's dearest to a man's heart. Else there is no way to tell if he's bluffing. What a man is willing to risk or not to risk, that's a measure of his soul.Collection: Heart
I'd like a glass of cold gravy with a hair in it, please.Collection: Glasses