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 who they're going to let in the club.

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

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 a play together and so I grew up in a show biz family.

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

Writing is a great love of mine.

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

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