Micky Dolenz
Micky Dolenz
George Michael "Micky" Dolenz, Jr.is an American actor, musician, television director, radio personality and theater director, best known as the drummer and principal lead singer of the 1960s pop/rock band the Monkees...
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth8 March 1945
CityLos Angeles, CA
addition auditions involved looking scene work
They were looking for actors - real actors - who could play instruments. There was a lot of improvisation and scene work involved in addition to the music. The auditions went on for a long time.
appear hiring simply
Hiring me to appear in 'Aida' was not simply a stunt!
song funny-things two
When I do my solo concerts, I'm used to being on the stage for two hours solid, singing 16 songs. And when I did 'Funny Thing,' I was on the stage the whole time. This is much more difficult. It's the difference between racing and sprinting. This is sprinting. And I have to learn to pace myself.
awards honest being-honest
I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.
kids entertainers
I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid.
piano guitar parent
I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents never pressured me into it.
years lucky arms
I am extremely lucky; I've never been ill - although about 20 years ago I broke my right arm hang gliding.
kids physics enormous
Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.
singing muscles vocal-cords
And singing is a physical thing - your vocal cords are these muscles.
school auditions facts
After high school I was going to be an architect. In fact, I was studying to be an architect when the audition for 'The Monkees' came along.
school boys years
What happened was, my parents after Circus Boy decided to take me out of show business for two years to go back to normal school. It was the smartest thing they ever did.
two three cabbage
To dispose of a two-headed Org, jump up and down three times, roll a head of cabbage, and giggle!
labyrinth shh mouths
Shh! Don't talk with your mouth full.
television shows
In 1962 I was 17, so I was definitely watching the dance shows on television.