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" 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. "
High
Studying
School
" And singing is a physical thing - your vocal cords are these muscles. "
Your
Muscles
Vocal
" Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology. "
Physics
Everything
Anthropology
" I am extremely lucky; I've never been ill - although about 20 years ago I broke my right arm hang gliding. "
Lucky
Years
Right
" 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. "
Five
Music
Parents
" I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage. "
Acting
How
Learning
" In 1962 I was 17, so I was definitely watching the dance shows on television. "
Television
Watching
Dance
" I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest. "
Chase
Awards
Been
" I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid. "
Since
Entertainer
Ever
" Many people have fond memories of 'The Monkees.' I fondly remember it, too. "
Memories
Too
Many
" My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry. "
Influences
Were
Berry
" 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. "
Family
Mom
Father
" No matter how tired I am, I can only sleep for four hours at a time. "
Matter
Sleep
Time
" 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. "
Me
Mother
Singing
" 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. "
Golf
Organization
Rock And Roll
" The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter. "
Thing
Songwriter
Prolific
" They were looking for actors - real actors - who could play instruments. There was a lot of improvisation and scene work involved in addition to the music. The auditions went on for a long time. "
Long
Looking
Work
" What happened was, my parents after 'Circus Boy' decided to take me out of show business for two years to go back to normal school. It was the smartest thing they ever did. "
Circus
Parents
Me
" When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel. "
Back
Life
Look
" When my 'Scientific American' arrives every month, I read it cover to cover. "
Scientific
American
Every
" Writing is a great love of mine. "
Great Love
Writing
Mine
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