His jockey days:"I was always singing around the horses, which would drive the trainer out of his mind." Seventeen, August 1967
About his parents' deaths:"I am not going to think about it. As far as I'm concerned, he is not gone. He is there in England. I might never go back there again. I want to remember the house with him still in it." 16 Magazine, April 1969
"If only my mother was alive. If only she could share in my happiness." Monkees Monthly, February 1967
On success: "The first thing my dad said to me when The Monkees broke big was 'Get your bleedin' hair cut!'" Daily Record, Summer 1996
About the TV series:"Ninety-nine percent of the funny lines come from the guys. The writers do background things and we take it from there. I played myself in 'Oliver' and that's what I'm doing in The Monkees."New York Times, October 1966
About "not playing their own instruments":"We're advertisers. We're selling a product. It's gotta be that way."Saturday Evening Post, Jan 28, 1967
"We worked all the harder. I practically slept with my guitar." Movie Mirror, 1967
On whether the Monkees were imitating the Beatles:"We were seen as America's answer to the Beatles, even though we didn't see ourselves that way." Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan 14, 1994
About girls:"The teen idol thing was great, but sometimes the kids were dangerous...The show made me a sex symbol. Fans don't see your faults, they just see the image."People Magazine, 1992
"I think the reason I was a teen idol was because I wasn't threatening. I'm a little guy. I'm not going to jump on you and hurt you and bite you, or whatever it might be. It's funny because there were a lot of guys who were my fans too, like a brotherly thing." CD-ROM, 1996
About the end of fame:"They basically used us and cut us loose when the show was over. No agents, no referrals, nothing."San Francisco Examiner, Jan 16, 1995
On divorce:"Absence does not make the heart grow fonder...When Micky and I tour, it's the alimony tour." Washington Post TV Week, 1986
"I've failed in the marriage department and the truth is, I'm more in touch with animals than people...When I'm with my horses, that is truly me."Hello! Magazine, March 29, 1997
On his fellow Monkees:"We didn't just work together. We touched each other's hearts and souls, and the public's too."Tutti Legends, No.2, 1996
About singing:"I sing my own tunes better, I think. They're in my key: baritone."Learning Annex talk, New York City, 1996
About "Justus":"There was a lot of crying in the studio, a lot of hugging."Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 25, 1996
A Monkee Forever:
"Whatever happens, it's always going to be Davy Jones of the Monkees...We can never shake that and we never want to shake it. That's something that will go down in history. It was a two-year phenomenon." Tiger Beat, September 1969
"I've been given a talent-howver big or little-that has given me many opportunities...A lot of people go days without having someone hug them or shake their hand. I get that all the time."People Magazine, 1992
"We are not some obscure mid-60's group that came and went. The Monkees touched a lot of people."Los Angeles Times, January 1995
"Once you're in, you're in. It's like the Mafia. There's no getting away from it. Once a Monkee, always a Monkee."CD-ROM, 1996
On growing older:"...I'm getting a couple of gray hairs, I've probably got more lines on my face than Union Station, but I'm still found attractive by Monkee fans...Yeah, I'm still the dreamer, the guy with stars in his eyes."Herald & Review, Feb 25, 1994
"...I've been on tour since I can't remember when...I work because I still can." The Houston Post, January 5, 1995
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