Dave Davies

“Sometimes when you're with the same old people, you get the same old thing.”

“Good rock music always tends to be around.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“I think that things happen for a reason.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“We've always had our hardcore fans. But the general public has a love-hate thing about the 'Kinks.' It always leaves people with a question mark on their heads.”