The only people who didn't like The Monkees were the French, and they don't even like themselves, so what's the point?
We wanted to interview people on the show, do variety, get the artists, the guests involved with us in our group. They wanted to keep the four guys together. We wanted to change the format.
It's not about what you have, it's what people think you have.
Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over 50 that they can do it.
Once you get into something so big, people think of you in one way.
Wherever I go, people still shout out: 'Hey, hey, we're The Monkees.' And I never tire of that.
Groupies to me, were people who followed you around. Familiar faces who were always there, asking for autographs. We have more of those now, but they're not sexual.
People ask me if I ever get sick of playing 'Daydream Believer' or whatever. But I don't look at it that way. Do they ask if Tony Bennett is tired of 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco?'