#Tork quotes

[thislovintime]

With Valerie Kairys Venet on the set of the TV show, and in 2016. (The last photo is a selfie taken by Peter - as Valerie recalled and shared on Facebook.)

Q: “What was it like having Peter Tork as a roommate [after the pilot episode]?” Valerie Kairys Venet: “Oh, god, it was wonderful. Are you kidding? We made him sing for his supper, my roommate and I. See, I had a roommate and so I called her up and I said, you know, I said, ‘...there’s this actor that I worked with and, you know, he’s from Connecticut and he doesn’t really have a place to stay here and until… you know, we just finished the pilot and, you know, he’s gonna wait for the pilot to be sold. Is it okay if he comes and stays with us?’ She’s an actress, too, you know, and she said, ‘Oh, yeah, sure, we’ll give him the downstairs.’ And I said, ‘Okay.’ So he had the couch in the downstairs, and we made him sing. (Laughs) He was wonderful. He really did enjoy it too, come on, you know. Peter has just been so dear to me and to my son. He’s a wonderful person and I love him dearly. I hope that they all hear me and they know how much I love them.” - Zilch Podcast, No. 20, 2014 “I just fell in love with those guys. They were all so sweet. […] Really the nicest guys in the world. I do consider them family, my TV brothers. I know they do love me and I love them very much. And it was so great on that set. And you’re right, they had so much pressure on them and everything. But every morning on the set, you know, you walk out to see what they’re lighting, get your coffee and whatever, see what they’re lighting or what they’re setting up there, and here comes Davy, big hug, big kiss, you know, ‘Good morning.’ And then, you know, more arms around me, oh, there’s Peter and, you know, ‘Good morning.’ And, you know, hug Micky, hug Michael. And that’s the way we were, my relationship with them: very loving, very loving. To this day. These guys are so, so much a part of my life. [...] And then [Peter] went to stay with Michael and Phyllis, and I took him over to Michael’s house after that. But that was wonderful because Peter was a fine musician, and he — I said, ‘Where’s your banjo?’ And he said, ‘Oh, I had to pawn it, I was broke.’ And I said, ‘Oh, no!’ I said, ‘We can’t have that.’ And so, you know, we went to the pawn shop and I got that out for him. That’s the first time I’m saying this, telling this story publicly. But bless his heart, I loved Peter so much. […] [Peter] was brilliant [as a musician]. He was also a teacher, he was a high school teacher. […] And the students loved him, and that’s something in high school, you know? That’s something in high school. He was such a good person.” - Valerie Kairys Venet, The Vintage Rock & Pop Shop, 89.1 WFDU FM, July 14, 2019 (Photo 3) “Pantages Theatre. The last time I saw Peter. Thank God we got to say ‘I love you.’” - Valerie Kairys Venet, Facebook, September 2019

[demiboydemon]

[incorrectmonkeesquotes]

Peter: I’m 80% groovy, 20% water, and 100% handsome.

Mike: That’s 200%.

Peter: I’m twice the man you’ll ever be.

[cripplecreektork]

Peter being interviewed by Ann Moses, 1967

Ann: Peter, what do you have so much of you could afford to give some away? Peter: The only thing there is so much more of to give away. Ann: Which is? Peter: The power of love.

[harrisonarchive]

Photo 1 (from the arrival back in London) by Watford/Mirrorpix via Getty Images; photo 2 cross-posted at This Lovin' Time.

“First social call was to Peter Tork’s house. When we arrived Peter was wearing a string of beads and very little else, since it was far too hot to be anywhere but a swimming pool that day. Dave Crosby (Byrds) was there, too, and we had a good get-together. […] I suppose the highlight of L.A. this time for us was the session we had at Peter Tork’s place. Peter Asher joined us there — he played bass, Peter Tork was on piano, George and Dave Crosby on guitars and Ringo drumming.” - Mal Evans, The Beatles Monthly, August 1968

“Ringo Starr and George Harrison dropped by the Studio City home, Tork recalled. ‘We went swimming for a while in the pool.‘“ - The News Journal, July 16, 1989

“Just relaxed, just played what you could play. […] I played with Ringo Starr, Ringo, and George once, played with those guys. Same thing: bam, everything settles down, everything’s in order, everything is taken care of, and play what you can play.” - Peter Tork, Musicgroups, 2007

“Steve [Stills] was there [too], and he was embarrassed; he shook hands with George and kind of turned his back on him, the way shy guys will do. [...] We all jammed, Stephen and George and Ringo, and I was on keyboards, and I don’t remember who played bass. It was fabulous to hear Ringo play. My God, what a drummer. God, he was good. He was so solid, and the authority was astounding. I learned so much just by playing with him for five minutes; it was a wonderful experience.” Q: “It’s a bummer it didn’t get recorded.”
 PT: “It is too bad, nobody thought to record it. The best we had at the time was cassettes, but even so, that would have been a wonderful jam.” - Peter Tork, Rolling Stone, 2007; published 2019 (x)

(In connection with today's post: July 1967, post 1, July 1967, post 2, and January 1968.)

[his-strange-eyes]

Peter: *chasing Davy around the pad, hitting him over the head with a newspaper* Stop. Putting. My. Guitar. Picks. In. Your. Mouth!

[spider-man-timepeace]

THE UNIVERSE IS PERMEATED WITH THE ODOR OF TURPENTINE!

- Peter Tork

[multifandomrandomgirl]

Micky: How dumb does Mike think we are?

Peter: sometimes he gives me pictures of food instead of a shopping list.

[irishpotato19-hotwheels]

🔥 Incorrect Hot Wheels Quotes 🔥

Tork: Would you consider Mark a hard worker?

Kurt: Oh absolutely, he makes everything harder than it needs to be...

[marislittleworld]

Hot Wheels acceleracers incorrect quotes from Tik Tok:

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Karma: I just wanted to say, I just got you a boyfriend *shows Tork*

Nolo: I don't want a boy- I'M NOT GAY!

Karma: yes, you are

Nolo: I don't want a boyfriend

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Lani: omg I got a 97, and I didn't even study, what did you get?

Kurt: 100

Lani: o-oh congrats, 3 points of difference, same thing

Kurt: nonono. You got a 97 because that's all you could get. I got 100, because that's all there was to get.

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*Markie finding out that none of his team members wants to follow his rules after he became a leader of the Metal Maniacs*

Markie: *gasp* Fake. Ass. Bitches

[thislovintime]

At KCPX in Salt Lake City, May 16, 1968. Photos by Henry Diltz.

"Tork has seen Head around 80 times but it took him years to work out why it bothered him so much. In the movie, the Monkees are hoodwinked, bamboozled, chased, assaulted, mocked, trapped in a black box and reduced to dandruff in the hair of actor Victor Mature, before ending up back where they started. In the words of the sardonic Nicholson-penned theme tune, 'So make your choice and we’ll rejoice/ In never being free.’ 'Most people are dazzled by the psychedelia, and that’s fine, but for me finally the point of the movie is the Monkees never get out,’ Tork says sadly. 'Which is to say Bob Rafelson’s view of life is you never get out of the black box you’re in. There’s no escape.’ So how would a Peter Tork cut of Head end? 'There might have been a scene where we get out,’ he says wistfully. 'We jump in the water and get away.’“ - The Guardian, April 28, 2011

[chaoticdesertdweller]

"I can remember the first time I met Peter. For four days beforehand I heard from everyone, 'Hey! Have you seen the kid down the street that looks just like you?!' And Peter told me later that he heard the same thing...I liked Peter right away. I thought he was a really nice guy. He was very warm and very open and willing to talk and communicate."

—Stephen Stills, 'Tiger Beat,' June 1967 (Photo by Nurit Wilde)

[incorrectmonkeesquotes]

Mike: *is choking*

Davy: Quick, call 911!

Micky: We can’t, the ‘9’ button on the dial is broken!

Peter: Turn the phone upside down and use the 6!

Micky: GENIUS!

Mike: *stops choking* ‘scuse me?!

[mrsarcadian]

the monkees: our life in 15 songs - 11/15

"i was writing about the great unknown source of all. it was perfect for the head soundtrack." - peter tork

[cripplecreektork]

“I had many interviews with the affable and sincere young Peter Tork (five years my senior), who was the bass player for the TV pop group, The Monkees. And in every one he would respectfully answer my questions, sign his autograph a dozen times for us to superimpose over his color pin-ups for his droves of adoring fans, and then, politely, try to treat me like ‘one of the gang,’ by encouraging me to come to his house and try LSD. What can I say? It was the ’60s.” — Ann Moses

[harrisonarchive]

Photo by Neal Preston.

“[George] said, ‘Oh, John would be a Wilbury in a second.’” - Tom Petty, Rolling Stone, January 17, 2002

“John Lennon was and always will be [a candidate for the Wilburys]. Peter Tork is a definite candidate. Michael Nesmith only if he gets back in his jeans and cowboy boots. Arlo Guthrie is most definitely a Wilbury (after all, his father, Woody, was an ancestral Wilbury). The MFQ, Flo and Eddie and Jan and Dean are definite Wilburys. Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Leadbelly, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, yep.” - Audrey Zelenko, Daily News, March 9, 1989

“You might think the Wilburys myth satisfies some longing for the one experience George missed as a Beatle — a bunch of friends playing music for fun, unencumbered by the trappings of success. ‘In a way,’ he concedes. ‘But more than that it was that thing that went on in the late ‘60s and ‘70s, the big craze of supergroups and super jams and everything was super duper. Just getting some famous people together doesn’t guarantee success. More often than not it’s just a clash of personalities and a big ego detour. ‘So I thought we should play it down. Rather than the record company’s natural choice: Look what we’ve got! It took a while to give them the idea of ‘Let’s lighten up a bit.’” […] ‘What I saw as the Wilburys was an attitude, basically. I see loads of people out there who have what I call The Wilbury Attitude. Somebody wrote in a paper things like, ‘Little Richard is a Wilbury, Madonna wouldn’t be a Wilbury but Cyndi Lauper would be.’ It was quite funny.’” - Musician, March 1990 (x)