Ray Davies Quotes - Page 5

Taken everything I've got, all I've got's this sunny afternoon.

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

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

I might even end up a rock and roll god, it might turn into a steady job.

Now I'm grown up and playing in a band.

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

Drinking helps us to forget what we are, we leave the office and walk straight to the bar.

Feelin' guilty, feelin' scared, hidden cameras everywhere.

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

I am the image maker, I am the magic maker, I can turn the most ordinary man in the world into a star.

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

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

When he puts on that dress, he feels like a princess.

Surviving, that's my plan.

Silly boy, you got so much to live for, so much to aim for, so much to try for.

Those three chords were part of my life - G, F, Bb - yeh, it is, it is, and I can't help noticing it. But there have been other things nearly as close to it which people haven't noticed, other things we have done.

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

Terrorist bombers on the left, fascist plots on the right.

We are the Draft Beer Preservation Society.

Paranoia, the destroyer.

The soul needs attention like the body needs to breath.

I like surfers. Their imagery, it's great.

If New Orleans is allowed to die, a crucial part of the world's music heritage will disappear.

If I told you God was black, what would you think of that?

When you are making a record and if you spend too much time over it, you have to record it a tone lower or cut the tones lower because you can't reach some of the notes, I find this. But when you go on stage, you have to put the key up and it really changes the whole thing.