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
brain world drummer
With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery.
verbs nouns
Is there a God? No. God is a verb, not a noun.
mother father singing
There was never any pressure on me to go into the business, but I was always aware of it. I'd go on the set with my father and he and my mother would always be singing.
mom father play
My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met in Los Angeles doing a play together and so I grew up in a show biz family.
writing great-love mines
Writing is a great love of mine.
months
When my 'Scientific American' arrives every month, I read it cover to cover.
songwriters
The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter.
sleep tired four
No matter how tired I am, I can only sleep for four hours at a time.
littles berries influence
My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry.
stars nasa
The Monkees are to the Beatles what 'Star Trek' is to NASA. They are both totally valid in their contexts.
moving people crowds
People come and people go, moving fast and moving slow, I'm in a crowd and yet I'm all alone....
memories people remember
Many people have fond memories of 'The Monkees.' I fondly remember it, too.
learning acting acting-now
I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.
clothes yeah
Yeah I did put my clothes on, but my clothes took off... Could it be my clothes are putting me on??