America Quote by Frank Farian

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

— Peter Tork

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

— Davy Jones

The Monkees? I heard that they were quite into their party scene at one point.

— Noel Fielding

I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us.

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

The most significant thing about the Monkees as a pop phenomenon is that we were the only TV show about young adults that did…

— Peter Tork

My dad and mom were, they would take what were popular hits, and lip-sync to them with puppets and do a ridiculous story.

— Brian Henson

The kids (in the Jesus Movement) weren't singing for themselves. It seemed like they were singing TO Someone.

— Greg Laurie

Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday…

— Paul Robeson

The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music…

— Peter Tork

We were a great family for singing. There were good voices on both sides and no reluctance to use them.

— Vera Lynn

I always thought I was singing American folk music.

— Lonnie Donegan

I was raised on Josh White, the Weavers and Pete Seeger. The music was everywhere. You'd go to a party at somebody's apartment and…

— Mary Travers