More - Ray Davies Quotes

No one can penetrate me, They only see what's in their own fancy, always

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This is a new, exciting phase for me. I'm really looking forward to playing this stuff.

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Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the profits And treating us like sheep, And we're tired of hearing promises That we know they'll never keep

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 Land

People take pictures of the Summer, Just in case someone thought they had missed it, And to proved that it really existed

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 People

She only sang. I didn't have to talk to her. I was quite uncomfortable, but I thought it was a nice moment. Love ends, but songs are for ever. They capture a moment and an emotion. You can have two human beings who should not be in the same house, or possibly even the same country, but the music tells you that it really could have been for ever. In those three minutes, there are no hard feelings.

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That has always stuck with me.

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I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere.

Ray Davies

 English Musician

('Other People's Lives') is my first attempt to make a studio album that's got original songs on it, and it's a completely new adventure for me.

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Lola.

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I have been astonished by the reactions and apparent shame of some of the U.S. television reporters who seemed overwhelmed to discover that there actually is poverty in America, ... They made me want to grab my television and shout 'Hello, dear reporter, yes, America actually does have poor and underprivileged people as well. Hello, yes, the president might well be slow to react but at times like this, that's all that an over-burdened, out-of-touch president can be.

Ray Davies