Micky Dolenz, 71, answers a health quiz
Under the microscope: The Monkees’ drummer Micky Dolenz answers our health quiz
By John Mcentee (http://www.dailymail.co.uk)
Last updated at 10:17 AM on 02nd March 2010
The musician, who hang out with John Lennon at his prime, answers our health quiz.
Still going strong: Micky Dolenz, 71, says he’s never been ill – despite his rock ‘n roll past
CAN YOU RUN UPSTAIRS?
I can at the moment because I’ve been exercising strenuously for the musical Hairspray – I do a lot of dancing. When I’m home in California, I can’t be bothered and the only exercise I get is in my garden.
ANY VICES?
Post Monkees in the Sixties and Seventies I was living pretty hard. I was hanging out with Keith Moon and John Lennon, and while I never got into heavy drugs, I did experiment a lot. When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived – my mother said I had a guardian angel. I don’t remember much of it, to be honest, although people tell me I had a good time. Now I drink, but usually just a few glasses of wine.
POP ANY PILLS?
Every day I take multivitamins and another supplement with vitamin D. I also take a fibre pill – called Nature’s Secret – to help with digestion. As a performer, I’m on the road a fair bit eating in less than salubrious restaurants, so I need to take something to ease things along.
ANY FAMILY AILMENTS?
My mother passed away at the age of 72 from lung cancer. She smoked two packets of cigarettes every day. My father died of a heart attack in his early 60s. But this was down to him being unfit and also smoking. He ran Marquis, the famous Italian restaurant on Sunset Strip in the Fifties and Sixties. In those days, a lot of lard was used in cooking and he ate everything on the menu.
SLEEP WELL?
No matter how tired I am, I can only sleep for four hours at a time. I then wake up, answer emails or write some music for an hour – then go back to bed for another four hours. My mother was the same. When she woke up, she would do pottery.
EVER GOOGLED AN ILLNESS?
About ten years ago I had hypertension. I didn’t want to take medicine, so I looked it up on the internet and found some cardiovascular exercises which were helpful, and I also cut down on salt. My blood pressure is fine now.
IS THERE A MALE MENOPAUSE?
I think it’s more of a mid-life crisis than a hormonal change. I went through this when I was 45; I even started driving a red sports car. But it didn’t take me long to realise that I was behaving like an idiot.
IS SEX IMPORTANT?
Absolutely. Yes. Enough said.
WORST ILLNESS?
I am extremely lucky, I’ve never been ill – although about 20 years ago I broke my right arm hang gliding. I’ve also had three root canals on my teeth over the past few years. The pain was unbelievable.
LIKE TO LIVE FOR EVER?
Only if I could be 25 and look like Brad Pitt!
• Mickly Dolenz is currently appearing in Hairspray at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre.
INTERVIEW: JOHN McENTEE
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michael waverider sagte,
Juli 12, 2011 um 1:09 am
Micky ist nicht 71 sondern 66!!!
jayh57 sagte,
August 10, 2011 um 5:06 pm
Dankeschön! Stimmt, das fiel mir auch damals gleich auf
michael waverider sagte,
Juli 12, 2011 um 1:09 am
Er ist auch ein ganz netter Mann!!!