Davy Jones

“The only people who didn't like The Monkees were the French, and they don't even like themselves, so what's the point?”

“I wanted to be a jockey.”

“I own property in a quiet little town of Pennsylvania.”

“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.”

“The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Once you get into something so big, people think of you in one way.”

“America changed my life, but I still think of home and working in Scotland was an important part of that.”

“The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean that we're rebellious.”

“My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.”

“Wherever I go, people still shout out: 'Hey, hey, we're The Monkees.' And I never tire of that.”

“I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider.”

“They want to know I'm doing good, the fans do.”

“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.”

“During the summer, Screen Gems launched the New Monkees, which miserably failed I understand. I never saw it.”

“In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me.”

“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.”

“You know I used to be a heartthrob, and now I'm a coronary.”