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

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.

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.

The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter.

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

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

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.