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Nobody thought that the music boom of the Sixties was going to last.
Dave Clark
We copied our hairstyle from Prince Charles, not the Beatles.
The Dave Clark Five was basically a live band. During '63 we got the Gold Cup for being the best live band in Britain.
People annoy me when they say, 'Oh, you made a fortune.'
Elvis is great and so is anybody who lasts like he does.
I date fairly often, but my work is much more important.
I believe you have to be honest with yourself. If you believe that the direction you want to go is the right direction, then you should do it.
We got our grounding by playing live. You had to fall flat on your face, pay your dues and grow.
I sort of disbanded the DC5 in 1970. I decided to call it a day when we were still selling records.
You can't go on being a 19-year-old Rock&Roller all your life.
I'd like to make documentaries. Way-out documentaries. I'd like to do one on a tour of the U.S.
After two world tours where we played every state but Greenland, I only saw the inside of a hotel. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, but it did get tiring.
I bought the rights to 'Ready, Steady, Go!' several years ago because I didn't want the segments to be chopped up and sold off. I thought the shows should be left intact.
There will never be another Freddie Mercury, one of the greatest Rock&Roll singers.
If you're starting a group, don't think about being a star or you're in for heartbreak. It you enjoy singing, that's enough.
We were the first group where the drummer was the front man.
Elvis Presley invited me to Las Vegas for one night but we got on so well that I stayed for three.
As for the way we play, we are as much like the Beatles as any American Jazz group is like any other.
They say if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. Well I remember the '60s, I was there and I wouldn't have missed it for the world.
The '60s were a time of great optimism and hope. There was a buzz - everybody could be successful.
We were a very popular live band in London, packing in 6,000 people a night, and the record companies that came after us wanted us to be the flavor of the month.
No, I don't think Rock&Roll will ever fade.
We've got an electric organ, a sax, drums, guitar and bass guitar. We sound less like the Beatles than most of the groups.
What makes it all worth-while is what I've been able to do for my parents. They were poor and worked all their lives. Like all boys in London, I dreamed of winning the football pool and doing for them. Well, this is better than any football pool. Now they don't have to work. I've given them a nice home and a car. It's a good feeling.
I always believed that the bubble could burst tomorrow. You're only as good as your last record.
Early CDs, I found, flattened out the sound - it took away all the highs.
I wanted to stop while we were still getting big hits. The only thing I miss is the actual performing.
Who wants to be a 40-year-old Rock&Roller? You cannot live in the past.
Freddie Mercury said years later that he got the idea for 'We Will Rock You' from 'Bits and Pieces.' I never knew that.
To think I thought you could lose your place in history.
I've always had a philosophy: it doesn't matter who you love or how you love, the most important thing in life is that you love.
You can't recreate the '60s.
I made records purely for fun - songs that made you feel good. I left the message songs to people like John Lennon.
We have our hair cut, but the idea is to look like we didn't.
Ready, Steady, Go!' was the show of the '60s in London, where the Beatles, the Stones and the DC5, and every other major act started.
I don't think you'd say we'd be rivals because we've got a completely different line-up to The Beatles.
Not that we've got anything against America, mind. But let's face it, you make a lousy cup of tea over here.
I was raised Church of England but I love the Buddhist philosophy, it's very powerful, non-violent.
My big thrill in life is my Jaguar XKE.
Our band was different. We were still playing Rock&Roll, but we had an entirely different sound: just one guitar, but an organ and a saxophone.
Anyone can look good if you have 500-flash bulbs exploding in your face.
I own a series called 'Ready, Steady, Go!' that I bought in the Seventies. I purposely didn't do anything with it, and wouldn't sell off any clips. My accountant went crazy when I said I wanted to wait until the 20-year cycle, then put it out so the new generation could experience it.
Rick was a real gentleman. He was very kind and had an amazing sense of humour - he was the funny one in the group, and a very talented musician.
I love the music business, but I have no ambition to keep on playing.
I never wanted to do a documentary or write a book.
We'd play the American bases and found all these wonderful records by Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Sam Cooke. Without American music, there would not have been a British Invasion.
I miss physically going out on stage and performing. That's the ultimate high.
You hear many things, take a little from each experience, and tune your imagination to create believable characters and situations.
When we first went to L.A., Howard Koch, who was the head of Paramount Pictures and later President of the Oscars, threw a welcome lunch for us at his house. There were all these stars there - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Lucille Ball, Natalie Wood, Henry Mancini.
One of the reasons I wanted a sax in the band was that I loved Fats Domino's 'Blueberry Hill.'
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