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

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

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

In 1962 I was 17, so I was definitely watching the dance shows on television.

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.