I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest..

When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel..

My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry..

Shh! Don't talk with your mouth full..

And singing is a physical thing - your vocal cords are these muscles..

When my 'Scientific American' arrives every month, I read it cover to cover..

When I do my solo concerts, I'm used to being on the stage for two hours solid, singing 16 songs. And when I did 'Funny Thing,' I was on the stage th….

I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage..

After high school I was going to be an architect. In fact, I was studying to be an architect when the audition for 'The Monkees' came along..

I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents never pressured me into it..

With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery..

People come and people go, moving fast and moving slow, I'm in a crowd and yet I'm all alone..

Writing is a great love of mine..

The Monkees are to the Beatles what 'Star Trek' is to NASA. They are both totally valid in their contexts..

Yeah I did put my clothes on, but my clothes took off... Could it be my clothes are putting me on??.

Is there a God? No. God is a verb, not a noun..

I am extremely lucky; I've never been ill - although about 20 years ago I broke my right arm hang gliding..

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not a public democratic organization; it's a private club basically. It's like a private golf club and they decide ….

My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met in Los Angeles doing….

I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid..

No matter how tired I am, I can only sleep for four hours at a time..