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

Wherever I go, people still shout out: 'Hey, hey, we're The Monkees.' And I never tire of that.

When I was 11 I became a massive fan of The Monkees. We had a so-called 'band' of kids on my street and we'd go along to people's houses and mime to Monkees records.

I was addicted to 'The Monkees' TV programme - not so much because of the music but because of the commercials in between. The programme was sponsored by Yardley, and in the commercial breaks, there would be these English girls on roller skates, wearing hot pants, and I just thought, 'God! How neat!'

Original Monkees' songs were produced very thinly, on purpose.

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

Thelonious Monk was one of the musicians I most connected with early on. I'm a huge Betty Carter fan, and the way that Abbey Lincoln and Shirley Horn grew immensely from the time they were young is so inspirational.

The only people who didn't like The Monkees were the French, and they don't even like themselves, so what's the point?

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