Dave Clark

“I knew The Beatles before because we did our first television with them, 'Thank Your Lucky Stars.'”

“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.”

“I never professed to be a great drummer but I was a very heavy drummer.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I was at a party in Alexandra Palace tobogganing on the ski slope, got whiplashed at 40mph, put my hands out to balance myself, and three fingers got caught in the artificial snow. I broke four knuckles. I have not drummed since.”

“We have our hair cut, but the idea is to look like we didn't.”

“My big thrill in life is my Jaguar XKE.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“That was the ultimate high, playing live. You feel like the Pied Piper, or a conductor, knowing how to take an audience up or bring them down.”

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