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title: "1 Sorry Kids Quotes By David Essex"
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> [You know, I feel sorry for the kids on television shows like 'Pop Idol.' They can never be prepared for the kind of pressure fame brings and don't have the confidence or knowledge of their ability to survive the darker…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/david-essex-5191_confidence_you-know-i-feel-sorry-for-the-kids-on-te_458031.jpg)

## 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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