#(so many reviews and articles are so condescending and dismissive in tone... it's maddening)

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“Dolenz is on good terms with Mike Nesmith (the wool-capped Monkee) and Peter Tork (the slow Monkee). He and Davy Jones aren’t speaking, but Dolenz (the bad-haired Monkee) heard through the grapevine that Jones (the short Monkee) didn’t like his book. That’s not really much of a surprise. Dolenz describes Davy Jones as a nice guy overall, but the Monkees-era Jones comes off as a preening ball of ego, more interested in doing his nails than anything else. He doesn’t get much better as time goes on. Young Tork comes off as a gentle but temperamental Bohemian. And young Nesmith, we learn in the book, has a temper of his own and an affinity for Car and Driver magazine. Back in the Monkees days, when Dolenz and Jones — the two actors — were still pals, Tork and Nesmith — the two musicians — had ‘endless artistic duels about the “sound,” and the “groove,” and the “feel.” Davy and I would look at each other, shrug and go have a beer.’” - The News Tribune, October 5, 1993

Rik Turner: “You were treated very kindly in Micky Dolenz’s book. He talked about you in the fondest sense.” Peter Tork: “Didn’t he call me a saint?” RT: “At one point, he did call you a saint in the book.” PT: (nods) Have we got the halo effect back in the control room now? (Laughter) Make-up!” RT: “The only thing that he said about you was that sometimes you, in meetings, you would stare out of the window and curse society. (Laugher) Something like that.” PT: (mimes gazing out the window and shaking a fist) RT: “Something like that. Yeah, I envision that.” PT: “No, I would sometimes rail against injustice.” - The Rik Turner Show, January 5, 1994