Quotes from Dave Clark

Who wants to be a 40-year-old rock and roller? You cannot live in the past.

I sort of disbanded the DC5 in 1970. I decided to call it a day when we were still selling records.

We couldn't get enough of American rock 'n' roll. We'd hear it when we played American air bases in the U.K.

As for the way we play, we are as much like the Beatles as any American Jazz group is like any other.

I don't think you'd say we'd be rivals because we've got a completely different line-up to The Beatles.

I always believed that the bubble could burst tomorrow. You're only as good as your last record.

The '80s have been so much doom and gloom. We've become very pessimistic.

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.

People make assumptions when you're not married. I've been best man at five weddings and I said I'd never do it again 'cos everyone got divorced.

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 thought I should have a Rolls, for prestige, so I ordered one. But when it came, I realized that I didn't really need it.

I enjoyed every moment, but we'd been everywhere, done everything. I wanted to get back to being just Dave Clark, not Dave Clark Celebrity.

Not that we've got anything against America, mind. But let's face it, you make a lousy cup of tea over here.

Anyone can look good if you have 500-flash bulbs exploding in your face.

No, I don't think rock 'n' roll will ever fade.

I date fairly often, but my work is much more important.

I made records purely for fun - songs that made you feel good. I left the message songs to people like John Lennon.

People annoy me when they say, 'Oh, you made a fortune.'

I was raised Church of England but I love the Buddhist philosophy, it's very powerful, non-violent.

The Dave Clark Five was basically a live band. During '63 we got the Gold Cup for being the best live band in Britain.

We got our grounding by playing live. You had to fall flat on your face, pay your dues and grow.

We copied our hairstyle from Prince Charles, not the Beatles.

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.

My big thrill in life is my Jaguar XKE.