Ray Davies Quotations | Page 2

Hey, is that you Elvis? I wanna speak to the Colonel. Jump to it, you mother.

The King is dead, rock is done. You might be through, but I've just begun.

Oh, demon alcohol, sad memories I can't recall.

Self destroyer, wreck your health, destroy friends, destroy yourself. The time device of self destruction, lies, confusion, start eruption.

Yesterday love was such an easy game for you to play. But now let's face it, things are so much easier today. Let it be like yesterday.

Accept your life and what it brings, I know tomorrow you find better things.

Dissatisfied with what I am, I want to be a better man.

It doesn't matter who you are, there are stars in every city, in every house, and on every street.

I think when you write songs, you write about people... People are the source of my material. And London is a wonderful place to be for people. So, the next time you're sitting in a park somewhere, and you see someone like me looking at you, don't phone the police. I'm just writing

You got all your friends, I got a TV set.

You're dumb, but don't give in.

Calling all citizens all over the world, this is Captain America calling.

The art school babe quotes William Blake as she rolls a joint, then I think that I'll score.

There was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike, got to be a Superman to survive.

A man has one, a cat has nine, and in between it's killing time.

He's better than the rest, and his arm sweat smells the best.

Life is only what you wonder. Day is light as your brightest dream.

Take a look around, there are misfits everywhere.

Why bear malice? Just let it go. So what of pride? It will swallow you whole.

What are we living for? Two roomed apartment on the second floor?

Plastic man got no brain, plastic man don't feel no pain.

On the surface I'm a mild mannered person, that's until you scratch the animal inside.

My dad taught me about music. He used to tap dance.

I'm not cheap, you understand, I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land.

In your heart there is innocence waiting to be free.

Money's the solution, curing all the ails of the nation. But what about the hearts of man?

The aristocrats and bureaucrats are dirty rats.

We are the Draft Beer Preservation Society.

Cheap is small and not too steep, best of all cheap is cheap.

There is a guy on my block who lives for rock, he plays records day and night, and when he feels down he puts the rock and roll on and it makes him feel alright.

I don't wanna die in a nuclear war, I want to sail away to a distant shore, and make like an apeman.

I'd really like to change the world and save it from the mess it's in. I'm so weak, I'm so thin, I want to fly, but I can't even swim.

You look like a human being, but you don't have a mind of your own.

I looked in the mirror at my pigeon chest, I had to put my clothes on cause it made me depressed.

Underneath that rude exterior, you've got a heart of gold.

True love is really animal.

You don't have to be a genius to find the hidden potential deep in your mind.

The battles, the fights, the bruises, the bites. That's the way true love grows.

The passage of time eliminates some of the more intimate details of one's existence. The routine trivia like passing water and shitting and the amount of food and alcohol consumed in the course of daily survival. Sure, there were girls. Lots of'em. It's inevitable.

This is a great opportunity for musicians to display their talent by re-interpreting some classic Kinks songs. Good luck, enjoy, be creative... be outrageous!

I call it suffering and pain, they call it entertainment.

Life means nothing to you, at least that's what they say. But it doesn't mean that you have the right to take life away.

Pity is easy, but it is difficult to care.

Everybody needs some inspiration, Everybody needs some motivation, mix it up with some imagination, and use your natural gifts.

Educate us with your media machine, tell me what to dream.

I'm the mirror to your mood, you hate me and I hate you.

Here's hoping all the days ahead, won't be as bitter as the one's behind you. Be an optimist instead, and somehow happiness will find you.

End up blowing all of his wages for the week, all for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek.

Learn to be positive, it's your only chance.