My mum always said, 'A land without gypsies is a land without freedom.' And I believe that. I've always been a bit… — David Essex Adventure Copy Share Image
My East End secondary school was a horror show. We didn't study art, music or anything creative, and a bleak mood of… — David Essex Art Copy Share Image
I'm just a natural scruff and I don't worry about face lifts and botox. — David Essex About 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 Always Copy Share Image
I remember doing the film 'Silver Dream Racer' in which the English version had me being blown up on the bike and… — David Essex American Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Brian Wilson. I read that he used to write with his feet in a tin of sand… — David Essex Bad Copy Share Image
I like active and interesting holidays - I'm not a sun worshipper at all. — David Essex Active Copy Share Image
What worries me about modern society is how inhibited it is. I'd like to see more eccentrics and more freedom, less surveillance… — David Essex Freedom 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 Basically Copy Share Image
My first concert tour was extraordinary - I couldn't hear what was going on and no one else could hear what was… — David Essex Concert Copy Share Image
I developed a passion for American blues music, and I'd buy albums from a record shop in Soho, which I played on… — David Essex American Copy Share Image
Love and friendship are really the key, I believe, to a relationship - although I can't claim to be an expert! — David Essex Believe Copy Share Image
Whitstable Castle has some lovely gardens that are certainly worth a look. — David Essex Castle Copy Share Image
It's always a plus when there's something going on in a woman's mind as well as looking good. — David Essex Good 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 Big family 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 Dad Copy Share Image
I'd class myself as lucky. Because I've flitted from one medium to another, the gypsy in me, no one's had the chance… — David Essex Chance Copy Share Image
As a boy I was torn between my crushes on Ronnie Spector, Doris Day and the lead singer of The Shangri-Las. — David Essex Between Copy Share Image
I like 'EastEnders,' yes. If I didn't respect the show, I wouldn't have gone into it. — David Essex Gone Copy Share Image
Dad was a longshoreman, a docker, and my mother scrubbed pub floors. — David Essex Dad Copy Share Image
