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title: "14 Never Quotes By David Essex"
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> [I was never one of those people who was desperate to be famous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-was-never-one-of-those-people-who-was-desperate-to-be-famous/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/david-essex-5191_desperate_i-was-never-one-of-those-people-who-was_1151753.jpg)

> [I never really did anything academically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-never-really-did-anything-academically/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/david-essex-5191_academically_i-never-really-did-anything-academically_1390238.jpg)

> [I've just never stopped working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-ve-just-never-stopped-working/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/david-essex-5191_just_i-ve-just-never-stopped-working-1976445_1976445.jpg)

> [It was never my plan to be a teen idol.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/it-was-never-my-plan-to-be-a-teen-idol/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

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> [I never do karaoke. I don't enjoy singing to be honest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-never-do-karaoke-i-don-t-enjoy-singing-to-be-honest/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/david-essex-5191_enjoy_i-never-do-karaoke-i-don-t-enjoy-singing_2900203.jpg)

> [I could never get up and do a concert of three-minute numbers and take myself seriously. I leave that to other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-could-never-get-up-and-do-a-concert-of-three-minute-numbers-and/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

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> [I should have put the emphasis on America a little earlier - toured there or done something. But I never did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-should-have-put-the-emphasis-on-america-a-little-earlier-toured/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/david-essex-5191_america_i-should-have-put-the-emphasis-on-americ_373466.jpg)

> [I once travelled through India by myself, staying in really basic places. I've never minded 'slumming it.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-once-travelled-through-india-by-myself-staying-in-really-basic/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

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> [I never liked the idea of a fan club, and although I occasionally wrote a letter for mine to send out, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-never-liked-the-idea-of-a-fan-club-and-although-i-occasionally/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/david-essex-5191_activities_i-never-liked-the-idea-of-a-fan-club-and_1359349.jpg)

> [When I was about 16, I spent a couple of months playing at clubs in Italy with a blues band. I'll never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/when-i-was-about-16-i-spent-a-couple-of-months-playing-at-clubs-in/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/david-essex-5191_band_when-i-was-about-16-i-spent-a-couple-of_622053.jpg)

> [Whatever was clean I would wear, and I never pandered to that pop idol thing. But they stuck me in various teenage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/whatever-was-clean-i-would-wear-and-i-never-pandered-to-that-pop-idol/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

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> [The media attention doesn't faze me. I'm always writing and performing somewhere, so I never feel like I've been totally out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/the-media-attention-doesn-t-faze-me-i-m-always-writing-and-performing/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/david-essex-5191_always_the-media-attention-doesn-t-faze-me-i-m_2627934.jpg)

> [I never planned anything. I never had an image. I was just being me. If it hadn't worked out I would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-never-planned-anything-i-never-had-an-image-i-was-just-being-me-if/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/david-essex-5191_done_i-never-planned-anything-i-never-had-an_2414024.jpg)

> [I was always a little detached from the 'famous' aspect of it all - fame and fortune was really a peripheral thing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-was-always-a-little-detached-from-the-famous-aspect-of-it-all-fame/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

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## Other authors on Never

## More by David Essex

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/it-s-not-that-i-have-any-general-aversion-to-technology-but-online/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [If you can do 'EastEnders,' you can do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/if-you-can-do-eastenders-you-can-do-anything/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [There was a period of time that I got rather big-headed. It lasted about three weeks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/there-was-a-period-of-time-that-i-got-rather-big-headed-it-lasted/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [The British like to pigeonhole you, but I will keep popping out of different holes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/the-british-like-to-pigeonhole-you-but-i-will-keep-popping-out-of/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [I think I'm a good person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-think-i-m-a-good-person/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [I just write the music I want to - if people like it that's great, if they don't well that's unfortunate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-just-write-the-music-i-want-to-if-people-like-it-that-s-great-if/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [I do like babies depending on how they behave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-do-like-babies-depending-on-how-they-behave/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [I should have put the emphasis on America a little earlier - toured there or done something. But I never did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-should-have-put-the-emphasis-on-america-a-little-earlier-toured/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/my-kids-are-the-best-thing-ever-they-ve-got-different-mums-which-is/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [There was always music in our house and my mum used to play the piano in a pub, so we were a fairly musical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/there-was-always-music-in-our-house-and-my-mum-used-to-play-the-piano/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-m-sad-to-say-that-i-ve-never-really-kept-in-touch-with-my-scottish/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [I first started going to Kent from the East End, where I was brought up, when I was a very small boy, going with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-first-started-going-to-kent-from-the-east-end-where-i-was-brought/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [You know, I feel sorry for the kids on television shows like 'Pop Idol.' They can never be prepared for the kind of pressure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/you-know-i-feel-sorry-for-the-kids-on-television-shows-like-pop-idol/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [I think the world would be a richer place if there were less rules and regulations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-think-the-world-would-be-a-richer-place-if-there-were-less-rules/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

> [I tend to enjoy wherever I am, but in the Seventies I had a hairy time in a town just outside Nashville. Someone from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-essex/i-tend-to-enjoy-wherever-i-am-but-in-the-seventies-i-had-a-hairy-time/)

[David Essex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-essex/)

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