Each month I will add a new article for you to read. This month is by Micky Dolenz.
Ten Facts On Micky Dolenz
From Hullabloo Magazine July-Aug, 67
Monkee Micky takes you inside himself and turns you on!
When I was 16, I climbed Mt. Whitney (the tallest mountain in the U.S.) - it is 14,000 feet high. Three guys and I just decided to do it. Why? Like the man said, baby, "'cause it's there."
I'm also an outdoor nut. When I was 17, I took a camping trip to Lake Peru, Calif. Way up in the hills, the care went dead - 20 minutes from anything. I had taken a survival course and I managed quite well, without any thing and any help from two days it took me to get back to civilization.
My big dream is to buy a Lotus Formula Three racing car. It has a top speed of 140 mph. I will race it at Willow Springs and at Riverside, Calif. I used to drive in amateur competition slaloms in Chavez Ravine. I raced a production Cobra and a Ford GT 350 Mustang.
I was lead singer for the Missing Links for four months when I was 19. I also played guitar for that group. It consisted of four guys who were my friends and myself. We worked in Denver, Colo. at La Pitcher. When we were in Denver recently on tour, I drove by La Pitcher and looked in. It really was a flash.
I was ten years old when I started on Circus Boy and I was in it almost three years, leaving the show just before I turned 13. I started going to public school and I didn't dig it. I didn't like parties and clubs. I liked to do simple things - like building tree houses. People thought I was absurd, so I built a wall around me and became a sad caricature of my real self.
Now, I've learned not to worry about what people think and just to be me, and to be free. I'm very open and I have learned to be that was by "uncluttering my mind."
I love young people - most children are wise and beautiful. I grove doing things with people who are about three years younger than me.
I am childish and I am glad - but that doesn't mean I am immature. There is a difference between childish innocence and shallow immaturity. I used to be indecisive and wavering. I would always ask others their oppinion about what I should do, etc. But I have learned that you can't be really happy unless you do what you really want to do - as long as you don't hurt anyone, including yourself.
I'm writing a song called It's All In Your Mind. It is, you know. It's all right there in your mind - and don't forget that. Your mind is beautiful - open it, but protect it. Don't let anyone or anything mess up your mind.
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