Freedom consists of many little things, including the choice of music
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Miloš Turek was born in Prague on 22 September 1949, the youngest of three children. He spent his childhood in Prague, specifically in Liboc where he also went to school. Following the sudden illness of his mother who was unable to care for him, he was sent to an orphanage in Dobřichovice (later Cerhovice) at the age of ten, where he spent a total of five years. He then enrolled at the secondary ceramics school in Bechyně, but was expelled after a short time. He returned to Prague and started working at Praga. When moving to Prague, he changed his appearance. He grew his hair long, bought high leather boots and colourful clothes and started listening to foreign rock music. From his youth he was bothered by the lack of freedom that prevailed in Czechoslovakia. He and peers organised and held a protest against the government on 20 September 1966. He was arrested and, as one of the initiators, sentenced to a suspended sentence of two years. He experienced the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops in Prague, taking an active part in the popular resistance against the occupiers, which was solidified the following year during the massive celebrations after the Czech victory over the Soviet ice hockey team. During the normalisation period, he worked mostly on construction sites and never returned to his long-hair image. He shifted from rock to country music and began playing and writing songs that were quite successful. He embraced the Velvet Revolution with enthusiasm and participated in several protests himself. At the time of filming in 2024, he was living in his house in Borkovice, South Bohemia.
