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

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.

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

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.

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

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.