Peter Tork

“I like to listen the blues and some classical.”

“Shoe Suede Blues is ten years old this year. The Band consists of four members.”

“The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music wasn't threatening, we weren't threatening.”

“I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.”

“My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.”

“The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues and we are all in this together.”

“Michael Sunday and I are the original members of the band. We first did it just for charities and benefit concerts. It was very ad-hoc, and before we knew it, we were really a band. We went through several drummers and guitarists before we were happy with the line up.”

“I don't know about friends, but what time I spent with The Beatles they were very courteous to me.”

“Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch.”

“Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins.”

“I am a still friend with Dave Crosby, he's a weird duck but I like him a lot.”

“Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards.”

“The four of us couldn't have made a record with the time left over when we were shooting the show. We were on stage from 7.30 in the morning 'til 7 at night. Later on, when there was a break from filming, and we were sick of doing it the old way.”

“Original Monkees' songs were produced very thinly, on purpose.”

“Oh, the most fun thing I've ever been asked to autograph was breasts.”

“I never listen to music in the house, I listen to music in the car.”

“No, in 1968 I still wanted to be a Pop Star, and be about the music. Now, I want to be just about the music.”

“Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music.”

“Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway.”

“The groupies are far more real now than there were then.”