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
two three cabbage
To dispose of a two-headed Org, jump up and down three times, roll a head of cabbage, and giggle!
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!
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.
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.
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.