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.

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.

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

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.

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 am extremely lucky; I've never been ill - although about 20 years ago I broke my right arm hang gliding.