Michael Nesmith

“People thought we were a manufactured band. And we were.”

“I never really thought of myself as a pop star.”

“For a long time, I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo.”

“Country rock is not so much a style of music as it is an attitude.”

“I was in the Air Force. I was a brute. We were taught to be masculine. We were taught not to cry. I was a man. Men don't cry.”

“My mother invented Liquid Paper.”

“What I have to say is, in general, I'm not a big fan of the music business.”

“We were four guys who were hired to play the part of a band.”

“The Monkees were a pop-rock group, and we got a lot of praise and a lot of abuse for that.”

“Continue in the direction of your passion, and the money will follow.”

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

“I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.”

“There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible.”

“I think that the most important thing is to be true to yourself.”