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
Brian Wilson's writing and production techniques were landmarks and 'God Only Knows' has to be one of my top 10 recordings. — David Essex 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
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
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… — 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
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
