Peter Tork quotes

Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins. (Peter Tork)
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. View quote
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I am more of an old black and white movies fan. View quote
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Oh, the most fun thing I've ever been asked to autograph was breasts. View quote
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It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees' set on the same night. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened. View quote
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I never listen to music in the house, I listen to music in the car. View quote
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I like to listen the blues and some classical. View quote
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Only one of us would usually sing lead. Which most of the time was, Mickey or Dave. They thought it was perfectly a natural routine, because Mickey and Dave saw themselves as TV actors. (Peter Tork)
Every country has it trade offs. View quote
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Ringo is one of the world's true humans. The only one out those four guys, who did not have an agenda. Ringo was just into the music. View quote
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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. View quote
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Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Shoe Suede Blues is ten years old this year. The Band consists of four members. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Peter Tork)
Yes, I am a good singer. View quote
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I don't know about friends, but what time I spent with The Beatles they were very courteous to me. View quote
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I am a still friend with Dave Crosby, he's a weird duck but I like him a lot. View quote
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Original Monkees' songs were produced very thinly, on purpose. View quote
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Peter Tork

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Photo: Amysmith1981, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: February 13, 1942
Died: February 21, 2019
Quotes count: 33