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

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

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.

Many people have fond memories of 'The Monkees.' I fondly remember it, too.

When I do my solo concerts, I'm used to being on the stage for two hours solid, singing 16 songs. And when I did 'Funny Thing,' I was on the stage the whole time. This is much more difficult. It's the difference between racing and sprinting. This is sprinting. And I have to learn to pace myself.

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

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.