The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn’t about the blues, it’s about we have all had the blues and we are all in this together.

Meaning of the quote

The blues is about how we all feel sad or upset sometimes, but when we listen to blues music, it makes us feel less alone. The blues is not just about being sad, but about how we are all connected because we have all experienced difficult emotions. Blues music helps us realize that we are all in this together.

About Peter Tork

Peter Tork, the bass guitarist and keyboardist of the Monkees, was a talented musician and actor who rose to fame in the 1960s. He was best known for his role in the TV series The Monkees, which made him and his co-stars teen idols. Tork had a diverse career, releasing solo albums and collaborating with other musicians.

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Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch.

Peter Tork

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My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.

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No, in 1968 I still wanted to be a Pop Star, and be about the music. Now, I want to be just about the music.

Peter Tork

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Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can’t say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

I have never done Cult TV before, the convention was good. It gives the fans a chance to meet the celebrities. Connect with the guy that used to be a bunch of coloured dots on your TV screen.

Peter Tork

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The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music wasn’t threatening, we weren’t threatening.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

I don’t know about friends, but what time I spent with The Beatles they were very courteous to me.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

Yes, I am a good singer.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

Only one of us would usually sing lead. Which most of the time was, Mickey or Dave. They thought it was perfectly a natural routine, because Mickey and Dave saw themselves as TV actors.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

Original Monkees’ songs were produced very thinly, on purpose.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there’s not much that’s more fun than that.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

There hasn’t been one show that we did, that I didn’t enjoy to some extent.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

The groupies are far more real now than there were then.

Peter Tork

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Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees’ set on the same night.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

I did as well as I knew how and have nothing to be ashamed of.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

I am more of an old black and white movies fan.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

Every country has it trade offs.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

Oh, the most fun thing I’ve ever been asked to autograph was breasts.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away.

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Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it’s too late to become a musician afterwards.

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Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)

We did very little improvisation on camera, and once in a while we did.

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The four of us couldn’t have made a record with the time left over when we were shooting the show. We were on stage from 7.30 in the morning ’til 7 at night. Later on, when there was a break from filming, and we were sick of doing it the old way.

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942-2019)