I played for West Ham juniors and thought I'd become a professional footballer. — David Essex Copy Share Image
I like active and interesting holidays - I'm not a sun worshipper at all. — David Essex Copy Share Image
I got where I am through a series of flukes - I'm basically a musician and a writer, not a pop star. — David Essex Copy Share Image
You have a responsibility towards the people besotted with you, they don't know the real you, so to take advantage of that… — David Essex Besotted Copy Share Image
When I was about 16, I spent a couple of months playing at clubs in Italy with a blues band. I'll never… — David Essex Copy Share Image
I'd class myself as lucky. Because I've flitted from one medium to another, the gypsy in me, no one's had the chance… — David Essex Chance Copy Share Image
My first concert tour was extraordinary - I couldn't hear what was going on and no one else could hear what was… — David Essex Concert Copy Share Image
Kids know how to play one parent off against the other. So Mum says no, only to be told: 'But Dad said… — David Essex Child Copy Share Image
As an ardent follower of the Blues it wasn't the done thing to own up to liking The Beatles but secretly I… — David Essex Copy Share Image
My mum always said, 'A land without gypsies is a land without freedom.' And I believe that. I've always been a bit… — David Essex Adventure Copy Share Image
I've always been embarrassed by that side of my reputation, my focus has always been the music or piece of theatre or… — David Essex Embarrassed Copy Share Image
I knew that these girls who 'loved David Essex' didn't even know me, with all my foibles: they loved an impossible, glossy,… — David Essex Cinema Copy Share Image
There were 13 children on my dad's side and five on my mum's so I come from a big family, but I… — David Essex Big family Copy Share Image
I never liked the idea of a fan club, and although I occasionally wrote a letter for mine to send out, I… — David Essex Copy Share Image
I first started going to Kent from the East End, where I was brought up, when I was a very small boy,… — David Essex Copy Share Image
Possibly my most perilous encounter with out-of-control fans came when I was due to go into Radio 1 for an interview with… — David Essex Copy Share Image
I've got three sons, so I can understand that father-son relationship to a certain extent. There's always that lack of communication through… — David Essex Communication Copy Share Image
My mum loved dancing and played the piano and was gregarious. There were Gypsies on her side of the family. Her dad… — David Essex Dad Copy Share Image
I remember recording the Artilleryman's song 'Brave New World' while I was on a big U.K. tour. My voice was a bit… — David Essex Brave Copy Share Image
I admire Charles Dickens, mostly for the texture of his writing and the colourful characters he created. His work gives us, I… — David Essex Copy Share Image
I developed a passion for American blues music, and I'd buy albums from a record shop in Soho, which I played on… — David Essex Copy Share Image
My East End secondary school was a horror show. We didn't study art, music or anything creative, and a bleak mood of… — David Essex Art Copy Share Image
