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

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

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

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.

Is there a God? No. God is a verb, not a noun.

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