My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.

I am a still friend with Dave Crosby, he's a weird duck but I like him a lot.

The four of us couldn't have made a record with the time left over when we were shooting the show. We were on stage from 7.30 in the morning 'til 7 at night. Later on, when there was a break from filming, and we were sick of doing it the old way.

The most significant thing about the Monkees as a pop phenomenon is that we were the only TV show about young adults that did not feature a wiser, older person.

It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees set on the same night.

Only one of us would usually sing lead. Which most of the time was, Mickey or Dave. They thought it was perfectly a natural routine, because Mickey and Dave saw themselves as TV actors.

The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues and we are all in this together.