The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean that we're rebellious.
- Davy Jones
Rules, Beatles, Set, Rebellious
I've got a farm in England where I breed horses.
- Davy Jones
England, Farm, Where, Breed
And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience.
- Davy Jones
Vegas, About, Weeks, MGM
I own property in a quiet little town of Pennsylvania.
- Davy Jones
Own, Town, Pennsylvania, Little Town
I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider.
- Davy Jones
Next, Couple, Owner, Rider
Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over 50 that they can do it.
- Davy Jones
Racing, Over, Before, Spokesperson
We wanted to interview people on the show, do variety, get the artists, the guests involved with us in our group. They wanted to keep the four guys together. We wanted to change the format.
- Davy Jones
Change, Show, Format, Interview
My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.
- Davy Jones
Performance, Stage, Ever, Edinburgh
I'm so reluctant to do newspaper interviews because it's so misleading how they interpret what you say.
- Davy Jones
Newspaper, How, Misleading, Interpret
Over the last couple of years I have gotten an average of 2,000 letters a week from fans.
- Davy Jones
Average, Over, Couple, Letters
I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them.
- Davy Jones
Go, Over, Them, Letters
I wanted to be a jockey.
- Davy Jones
Wanted, Jockey
During the summer, Screen Gems launched the New Monkees, which miserably failed I understand. I never saw it.
- Davy Jones
New, Which, Monkees, Gems
I was mad at Screen Gems, but I'm not mad at them anymore.
- Davy Jones
Mad, Screen, Them, Gems
The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.
- Davy Jones
Nobody, Mafia, Like, Monkees
The Monkees were never cancelled for a start. NBC wanted to do a third year.
- Davy Jones
Never, Wanted, Third, Monkees
Wherever I go, people still shout out: 'Hey, hey, we're The Monkees.' And I never tire of that.
- Davy Jones
Never, Go, Still, Monkees
The only people who didn't like The Monkees were the French, and they don't even like themselves, so what's the point?
- Davy Jones
People, Like, Point, Monkees
The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career.
- Davy Jones
My Life, Career, Monkees
People always expect you to be jumping out of a Rolls Royce and being in the papers for drunk and disorderly or sleeping around.
- Davy Jones
Always, Jumping, Being, Disorderly
Justin Bieber stole my haircut. And Axl Rose stole my dance!
- Davy Jones
Rose, Justin Bieber, Justin, Stole
They want to know I'm doing good, the fans do.
- Davy Jones
Doing, Want, Know, Doing Good
We'll get material in there and all of a sudden I'll switch the material around or the order of the show.
- Davy Jones
Get, Material, Sudden, Switch
I know a lot of people in the retirement village that I have a house in in Florida that are on the Internet and are reading the paper on the Internet, and they're communicating on the Internet.
- Davy Jones
Retirement, Reading, Florida, Communicating
Groupies to me, were people who followed you around. Familiar faces who were always there, asking for autographs. We have more of those now, but they're not sexual.
- Davy Jones
Asking, More, Always, Faces
As far as groupies, I never saw any of them.
- Davy Jones
Never, Far, Saw, Groupies
The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.
- Davy Jones
Bad, Times, Reader, Hear
People ask me if I ever get sick of playing 'Daydream Believer' or whatever. But I don't look at it that way. Do they ask if Tony Bennett is tired of 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco?'
- Davy Jones
Daydream, Francisco, San, Tony
I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy.
- Davy Jones
Comedy, Fifty, Would, Killer
America changed my life, but I still think of home and working in Scotland was an important part of that.
- Davy Jones
My Life, Think, Still, Scotland
It's a crying shame we don't play more parks and fairs. I would love to go right to the Chamber of Commerce or whoever they are, so that we could get involved in a different way.
- Davy Jones
Love, Play, Shame, Crying
I'm well in touch with my family, my children. I keep them on my answer phone, so if I want to hear one of their voices, all I have to do is punch it up and it will be there.
- Davy Jones
Want, Will, Voices, Punch
I'm really a clean-cut kid.
- Davy Jones
Kid, Really, Clean-Cut
I don't need any more awards.
- Davy Jones
More, Need, Any, Awards
I read a whole bunch of bits and pieces over the years, obviously from the fan magazines and the rest of the stuff, and I just wanted to give a little more insight into what's happening in my personal life.
- Davy Jones
Life, Years, Whole, Happening
The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.
- Davy Jones
Racing, Never, Go Away, Bug
I'm a married man. If I want sex at this particular point in my life, I go home for it.
- Davy Jones
My Life, Want, Go Home, Married Man
It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older.
- Davy Jones
Used, Before, Your, Getting Older
My family is a part of my life and everything is all a mixture of enjoyment.
- Davy Jones
My Life, Enjoyment, Part, Mixture
You can put me in the basement or the penthouse; it doesn't matter to me.
- Davy Jones
Me, You, Matter, Basement
Around the property I have here, I'm about to put an all weather race track. I'm about to build stables. I'm about to ship over a couple of my thoroughbreds from England.
- Davy Jones
England, Here, Over, Track
You know I used to be a heartthrob, and now I'm a coronary.
- Davy Jones
Know, Now, Used, Heartthrob
Once you get into something so big, people think of you in one way.
- Davy Jones
Think, Big, Once, One Way
In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me.
- Davy Jones
Me, Always, Came, Mail
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