David Essex Quotes

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David Essex

Profession : Singer

Birth : July 23, 1947

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

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

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I hate pretension.

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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 have to confess that I am not a big book reader.

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I suppose my worst holiday was when I visited Gambia in North Africa. Somehow the word got round and before I knew it I was besieged by fans and autograph hunters. I spent most of the holiday dodging them.

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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 situation.

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

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As a boy I was torn between my crushes on Ronnie Spector, Doris Day and the lead singer of The Shangri-Las.

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As an ardent follower of the Blues it wasn't the done thing to own up to liking The Beatles but secretly I thought their singing and writing were special. After the 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' album it was cool to say they were cool.

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I do like babies depending on how they behave.

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I like 'EastEnders,' yes. If I didn't respect the show, I wouldn't have gone into it.

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If you can do 'EastEnders,' you can do anything.

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My grandfather was a travelling tinker in Cork.

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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 to get fed up with me. By the time they're thinking about it, I'm gone.

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

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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 periods.

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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 things although to the public I may have disappeared.

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For a scruffy London kid like me the sights and sounds of the countryside, the wind on your face, was a different world. I remember my Uncle Levi who was tall and handsome and told wonderful stories. He told me the natural life was important, not the material things.

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My drive was not to get fame.

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