David Essex

I do like babies depending on how they behave.

— David Essex

I once travelled through India by myself, staying in really basic places. I've never minded 'slumming it.'

— David Essex

My priority in life has always been family. I actually think children teach you to be a man.

— David Essex

I tend to use my time on holiday being creative rather than switching off which I realise I should do.

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I'm a bit of a Renaissance man. Or you could say I have a short attention span. I'm always thinking, what shall…

— David Essex

There was always music in our house and my mum used to play the piano in a pub, so we were a…

— David Essex

I thought if I played the drums I could at least hide behind the cymbals if I was no good.

— David Essex

I should have put the emphasis on America a little earlier - toured there or done something. But I never did.

— David Essex

It's always a plus when there's something going on in a woman's mind as well as looking good.

— David Essex

For a scruffy London kid like me the sights and sounds of the countryside, the wind on your face, was a different…

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I was the drummer hiding behind the cymbals. By the time fame came along, I'd worked in the business for a decade,…

— David Essex

I recommend walking in Whitstable as it is a compact town. People also take fishing trips from the harbour, but boats and…

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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…

— David Essex

I tend to enjoy wherever I am, but in the Seventies I had a hairy time in a town just outside Nashville.…

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There were 13 children on my dad's side and five on my mum's so I come from a big family, but I…

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I've always been embarrassed by that side of my reputation, my focus has always been the music or piece of theatre or…

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I knew that these girls who 'loved David Essex' didn't even know me, with all my foibles: they loved an impossible, glossy,…

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I've been lucky and have played some interesting characters - I'd quite like to play Sweeny Todd.

— David Essex

For me the 60s was important because I was a teenager then and the bands then were the influences.

— David Essex

I'm a big fan of Brian Wilson. I read that he used to write with his feet in a tin of sand…

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I can honestly say I haven't had a bad holiday as I am a positive person and make the best of every…

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I'm a drummer that's what really I am, and it's gone downhill from there!

— David Essex

My ears used to ring for about two hours after a concert from all the high-pitched screaming.

— David Essex

Love and friendship are really the key, I believe, to a relationship - although I can't claim to be an expert!

— David Essex

You have a responsibility towards the people besotted with you, they don't know the real you, so to take advantage of that…

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I got where I am through a series of flukes - I'm basically a musician and a writer, not a pop star.

— David Essex

I like active and interesting holidays - I'm not a sun worshipper at all.

— David Essex

I played for West Ham juniors and thought I'd become a professional footballer.

— David Essex

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

— David Essex

Still looking for that blue jean, baby queen, prettiest girl that I ever seen. See her shake on the movie screen, Jimmy…

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I lived in America for a while but England is very much my home, and London especially.

— David Essex

To sacrifice personal freedom to gain creative freedom is a fair enough price.

— David Essex

The British like to pigeonhole you, but I will keep popping out of different holes.

— David Essex

Interviews can be interesting. A bit like going to a psychiatrist, you know?

— 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.

— David Essex

Whitstable Castle has some lovely gardens that are certainly worth a look.

— David Essex

Family is very important to me and has become more so as I've got older.

— David Essex

I always tip because I think waiters and waitresses are paid peanuts. But I only give 10pc.

— David Essex

I could never get up and do a concert of three-minute numbers and take myself seriously. I leave that to other people.

— David Essex

I think the world would be a richer place if there were less rules and regulations.

— David Essex