Dave Wakeling Quotes

#1. An America we can be proud of, rather than an America to be embarrassed of. You know it's a sign, when you see American backpackers traveling abroad with Canadian flags on their packs!

Dave Wakeling

#2. I was really crying the morning after the indication. However I am over that now. Nevertheless, I am proud for it to be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame. But I've got two copies of the guitar now, to remind of the original Teardrop.

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#3. In the late 60's to the early 70's, I was caught between the hippie and the skinhead movement. I had my hair cut so I didn't look like a straight at a hippie event, and I didn't look like a hippie at a skinhead event. It was a good haircut.

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#4. When I was a teenager, I wanted to be in a group, or I wanted to work for Greenpeace, or I wanted to be a Buddhist monk. Those were the only three things I really wanted to do. I was doing some sort of soul searching in life.

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#5. I suppose reggae has always been a hopeful way to protest, and just because the world's tragic doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

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#6. That's the shame about Miles Copeland; he's evil, but he's got a heart of gold.

Dave Wakeling