20+ Dave Davies Quotes On Success, Education And A Thin Line

Dave Davies is a British musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist and a founding member of the English rock band The Kinks. He has also released several solo albums throughout his career. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Dave Davies on success, leadership, life.

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

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. — Dave Davies

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. — 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. — Dave Davies

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. — Dave Davies

I think that things happen for a reason. — Dave Davies

Good rock music always tends to be around. — Dave Davies

Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way. — Dave Davies

My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world. — Dave Davies

Working with the Kinks, there always seemed to be some kind of automatic process at work. Ray and I had this telepathy happening for a long time, where one of us always knew what the other could do with something. — Dave Davies

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. — Dave Davies

People that have had genuine abduction experiences that I've met that seem very genuine to me, but they're just confused about why it happened. I've met a lot of people like which I regard as being very genuine... but there's a lot of crazy people out there. — Dave Davies

I love playing live now more than ever. I enjoy it, I think it keeps you young. — Dave Davies

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. — Dave Davies

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. — Dave Davies

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. — Dave Davies

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. — Dave Davies

Ray is very secretive about his ideas - why not, the times that the Kinks have been ripped off, especially in the early years, it makes you a little bit cautious about telling anybody what you're doing. And that's understandable. — Dave Davies

I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs. — Dave Davies

I learned five chords; I thought I knew it all. — Dave Davies

Life Lessons by Dave Davies

1. Dave Davies' work demonstrates the importance of staying true to yourself and your art, no matter how much pressure is put on you to conform to the mainstream.
2. His career has been full of ups and downs, but he has never given up, and has continued to make music that is meaningful to him and his fans.
3. His story shows that it's possible to have a long and successful career in music without compromising your values or artistic vision.