Kids know how to play one parent off against the other. So Mum says no, only to be told: 'But Dad said… — David Essex Copy Share Image
I lived in a workhouse with my mum. Our room was a curtained cubicle and my dad lived in another wing. — 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
It's not that I have any general aversion to technology but online banking just seems to be asking for trouble. You can have enough… — David Essex Copy Share Image
There was a period of time that I got rather big-headed. It lasted about three weeks. — David Essex Copy Share Image
The British like to pigeonhole you, but I will keep popping out of different holes. — David Essex Copy Share Image
I just write the music I want to - if people like it that's great, if they don't well that's unfortunate. — David Essex Copy Share Image
I should have put the emphasis on America a little earlier - toured there or done something. But I never did. — David Essex Copy Share Image
My kids are the best thing ever. They've got different mums, which is just the way things happen sometimes, but they all get on,… — David Essex Copy Share Image
There was always music in our house and my mum used to play the piano in a pub, so we were a fairly musical… — David Essex Copy Share Image
I'm sad to say that I've never really kept in touch with my Scottish roots. We never went up there when I was a… — 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, going with… — David Essex Copy Share Image
