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Dave Davies is a British musician born on February 3, 1947. He is a founding member of the rock band The Kinks and is known for his unique guitar skills and creative talent.

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Famous Dave Davies Quotes

“I learned five chords; I thought I knew it all.”

Five Chords

Author:Dave Davies

“As an individual, I think you have to find your own path. I like the simplicity and purity of Hinduism and many elements of Buddhism. These are all means of accessing spiritual energy.”

Thinking Mean Spiritual Individual Energy Path Buddhism Elements Simplicity Purity Hinduism Spiritual Energy

Author:Dave Davies

“Being alone on the moors is scary; as the rain clouds settle in, it makes you realise your place in nature.”

Rain Clouds Scary Settling Realising Moors Rain Clouds

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“We need balance. We need to balance our inner life with our outer life. Nature is always sitting there waiting to help us but we have to do the work. Nature is probably the greatest teacher that we’ll ever have …the earth and nature.”

Needs Wells Helping Earth Waiting Teacher Balance Sitting Inner Life Earth And Nature

Author:Dave Davies

“People that have had genuine abduction experiences that Ive met that seem very genuine to me, but theyre just confused about why it happened. Ive met a lot of people like which I regard as being very genuine... but theres a lot of crazy people out there.”

People Seems Happened Crazy Mets Regard Genuine Confused Crazy People Abduction

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“You can always improve on something, the technology is different today, but I would leave it well alone. If there was something that was incomplete, that might be interesting... because I do that on my website.”

Ifs Wells Different Might Today Interesting Technology Leaving Me Website Incomplete Me Alone Leave Me Alone

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“I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality.”

Thinking Problem Bigs Spirituality Organized Big Problems Organized Religion

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“I love playing live now more than ever. I enjoy it, I think it keeps you young.”

Thinking Young Enjoy

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“A lot of people that embark on spiritual endeavors tended to, especially in the '60s and '70s, they tended to give up what they had before and cut themselves off from their lives, previous life as it were. But, I don't think that one should do that.”

People Thinking Giving Should Spiritual Cutting Giving Up Endeavor Previous Life

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“Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way.”

Ifs Way Littles Helping Helping Each Other

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“Good rock music always tends to be around.”

Rocks Rock Music

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“I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs.”

People Writing Trying Song

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“I think people are turning inward more now cause the world's got in such a weird, crazy state. I think its making people think more about their life and what it is really that they are doing. And how do we interact with a world that's going crazy? It's a very important time.”

People Thinking World Important States Causes Crazy Inward Going Crazy

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“I think that things happen for a reason.”

Thinking Reason Happens Things Happen Happens For A Reason

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“I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more.”

Thinking Want Humans Human Beings One Thing Weakness

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“My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world.”

World Should Perspective

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“We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.”

World Needs Understanding Compassion Leader Issues Addresses

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“What I believe in touches many aspects of religious and spiritual thought. Mainly I'm influenced and inspired by the eastern yogi's aspect of mysticism, Which is, I think, the future.”

Thinking Believe Spiritual I Believe Religious Aspect Inspired I Believe In Mysticism Eastern Yogi

Author:Dave Davies

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Born: February 3, 1947
Known for: Musician
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