Quotes

[As to why he didn't rejoin The Monkees when Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones re-formed the group, c. 1986] "It would be kind of like Ronald Reagan making another movie."

[describing his financial slump, after paying a huge default to leave The Monkees in 1969] "I had to start telling little tales to the tax man while they were putting tags on the furniture."

[about his famous wool hat] "It had a life of its own. I used to take it off and put it in a little house, feed it . . . "

[on the death of fellow Monkee Davy Jones] David's spirit and soul live well in my heart, among all the lovely people, who remember with me the good times, and the healing times, that were created for so many, including us. I have fond memories. I wish him safe travels.

I'm clearly in my endgame. I mean, we're not talking about deciding to do something else. We're talking about dying. [Laughs] So I don't know. Who knows where that is? That's somewhere . . . that door is coming up. I can't make it out on the horizon just yet. But at a certain point it's going to be time for me to say, "Eh, I think I'll lay down."

[about the legal settlement between PBS and his company, Pacific Arts] It's like your grandmother stealing your stereo. You're happy to get your stereo back, but it's sad to find out your grandmother's a thief.

[when asked at a 1986 reunion concert about previous remarks that the Monkees were a TV show and not a band] That's exactly what we were: a television show. I mean, you know, I think we perform admirably, considering we're a television show!