I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.

Shh! Don't talk with your mouth full.

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

When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel.

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

Is there a God? No. God is a verb, not a noun.

I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.

Yeah I did put my clothes on, but my clothes took off... Could it be my clothes are putting me on??

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.

And singing is a physical thing - your vocal cords are these muscles.

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

Don't let procrastination take over your life. Be brave and take risks. Your life is happening right now.

I have stories. But stories are not facts.''I like stories. Love them, actually. Most of the time they're better than facts.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

...two thirds of all sorrow is homemade and, so far as the universe is concerned, unnecessary.

Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win - preferably a knight rather than a king or queen.

When I dress up, I have to have a lot of help. I was in a T-shirt until a few minutes ago.

I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says.

Do certain events in our lives leave a permanent mark, freezing a piece of us in time, and that becomes a touchstone that we measure the rest of our lives against?

With competition there is always ego and hubris... competition gets in the way of work.

If Picasso walked into Disney looking for a job, they would throw him out on the street. Couldn't draw good enough.