--- title: "2 Bombay Quotes By Ray Davies" description: "2 Bombay quotes by Ray Davies. Plus more from Ray Davies and more Bombay sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/ray-davies-3711_beach_when-i-wrote-the-song-i-had-the-sea-near_1046961.jpg" --- > [When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/when-i-wrote-the-song-i-had-the-sea-near-bombay-in-mind-we-stayed-at/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/ray-davies-3711_beach_when-i-wrote-the-song-i-had-the-sea-near_1046961.jpg) > [When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/when-i-wrote-the-song-i-had-the-sea-near-bombay-in-mind-we-stayed-at-2/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/ray-davies-3711_beach_when-i-wrote-the-song-i-had-the-sea-near_1242883.jpg) ## Other authors on Bombay - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-salman-rushdie-82434.jpg) Salman Rushdie 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/salman-rushdie/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gregory-david-roberts-39463.jpg) Gregory David Roberts 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/gregory-david-roberts/) ## More by Ray Davies > [You hate me and I hate you, so at least we understand each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/you-hate-me-and-i-hate-you-so-at-least-we-understand-each-other/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [Everything is reduced to what's physical in the end, because it's the filth inside people's minds that creates all the evil. What is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/everything-is-reduced-to-what-s-physical-in-the-end-because-it-s-the/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [True love is really animal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/true-love-is-really-animal/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [In the end you become part of everything you hate, basically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/in-the-end-you-become-part-of-everything-you-hate-basically/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies, I am an apeman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/compared-to-the-bugs-and-the-spiders-and-flies-i-am-an-apeman/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [People take pictures of the Summer, just in case someone thought they had missed it, and to proved that it really existed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/people-take-pictures-of-the-summer-just-in-case-someone-thought-they/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [I met her in a club down in North Soho, where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca-Cola.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/i-met-her-in-a-club-down-in-north-soho-where-you-drink-champagne-and/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [Silly boy, you got so much to live for, so much to aim for, so much to try for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/silly-boy-you-got-so-much-to-live-for-so-much-to-aim-for-so-much-to/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [I looked in the mirror at my pigeon chest, I had to put my clothes on cause it made me depressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/i-looked-in-the-mirror-at-my-pigeon-chest-i-had-to-put-my-clothes-on/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [When he feels the world is closing in, he turns his stereo way up high. He just spends his life, living in a rock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/when-he-feels-the-world-is-closing-in-he-turns-his-stereo-way-up-high/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [I think when you write songs, you write about people... People are the source of my material. And London is a wonderful place to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/i-think-when-you-write-songs-you-write-about-people-people-are-the/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [I don't wanna die in a nuclear war, I want to sail away to a distant shore, and make like an apeman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/i-don-t-wanna-die-in-a-nuclear-war-i-want-to-sail-away-to-a-distant/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [Why stay with him, he uses you just like a human punching bag?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/why-stay-with-him-he-uses-you-just-like-a-human-punching-bag/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [At one time they've been the most important thing to me. So I can't hear our records on the radio, I can't stand it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/at-one-time-they-ve-been-the-most-important-thing-to-me-so-i-can-t/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) > [We are the Draft Beer Preservation Society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/we-are-the-draft-beer-preservation-society/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/ray-davies/#itemlist", "name": "2 Bombay Quotes By Ray Davies", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog-big as a donkey. ... 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