Ray Davies Quotes

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• People take pictures of the Summer, just in case someone thought they had missed it, and to proved that it really existed.
• I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere.
• 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…
• If after two weeks you still can't write your middle-eight, the best course of action is to see a psychiatrist
• Life is so groovy when your record is hot.
• I'm susceptible to that sort of thing - to walls and flowers. You can probably get something more from a wall than a person sometimes.…
• I don't think England is that gray but India is like a long drone.
• I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting.
• When I discovered Mose Allison I felt I had discovered the missing link between jazz and blues
• In the end you become part of everything you hate, basically.
• If I had to do my life over, I would change every single thing I have done.
• What I try to do probably doesn't come out. What I've worked out what I do - I might not be right - is to…
• 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, because…
• I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others.
• Everybody needs some inspiration, Everybody needs some motivation, mix it up with some imagination, and use your natural gifts.
• This is a great opportunity for musicians to display their talent by re-interpreting some classic Kinks songs. Good luck, enjoy, be creative... be outrageous!
• If New Orleans is allowed to die, a crucial part of the world's music heritage will disappear.
• The only time I feel at ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree.
• Better close your window tight or I might come in for a bite, I'm a sleep walker.
• Learn to be positive, it's your only chance.

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