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 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.

Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.

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.

Every country has it trade offs.

Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away.

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