There was never any pressure on me to go into the business, but I was always aware of it. I'd go on the set with my father and he and my mother would always be singing.

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

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

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

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

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.

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.