Quote of the Day

“If my friends could see me now they would try to understand me,
They would ask me what on earth I'm trying to prove.”

- Ray Davies

The theme of "Sitting in My Hotel" is the loneliness produced by stardom. According to Davies, the key line in the song is the oft-repeated line "if my friends could see me now." Davies wonders in the song what his old friends would think of him and his life now that he is wealthy and famous.The lyrics suggest that now that he is wealthy and famous, he has lost some of his identity.