Davy Jones Quotes

Groupies to me, were people who followed you around. Familiar faces who were always there, asking for autographs. We have more of those now, but they're not sexual.

It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.

The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played.

There are no big groupie fans or anything.

When I was a rapper, the groupies didn't have to try too hard with me. Just show up at the hotel.

Boys in bands are more difficult to deal with than one-year-old babies. I've been one of them, and I am one of them, but it is the truth.

People are crazy about seeing a celebrity in person.

I don't get starstruck by musicians anymore, but podcasts? I'm a total podcast groupie.

Anyone who's onstage is going to attract a certain number of misguided people. But I was never very interested in groupies.

I'm in a band, and I know exactly who those girls are. I know exactly what goes on backstage. I wish I had a little leash to walk him around.

INXS never had that groupie thing. No, no we really never did. Not in a sexual way - well, alright, then, maybe years ago. I've done a few stupid things in my time, but you've got to have respect for yourself, otherwise you end up getting used

We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I would rather see that impulse directed into the adoration of daft singers, thicko footballers and air-headed screen actors than into the veneration of dogmatic zealots, fanatical preachers, militant politicians and rabid cultural commentators.

When I do club appearances, it's girls who come up and get their photos taken with me, not just guys.

I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.

Stars talk about how they dislike fans fussing over them, begging for autographs and things like that, but deep down inside, they love every minute of it.

Sometime you go out and you wonder why these people are standing in the rain, and then you realize that years ago you were a fan, too. I, too, was chased by cops for watching my favourite celebrities.

Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings.

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.

My fans are called 'Mayniacs'. They enjoy screaming and chasing me and taking pictures.

In rock stardom there's an absolute economic upside to self-destruction.

I really love when people come up to me on the street and say, 'You're my favorite rapper.'

I have friends of mine that are actors or singers, and they're the classic guys where, they're onstage, and they're like, 'Okay, the blonde in the third row, seat 24, bring her to my dressing room.' I've never, never taken advantage of that, I swear to God.

The groupies are far more real now than there were then.

America gets rock stars a little more than Canada does.