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You can't recreate the '60s.
My big thrill in life is my Jaguar XKE.
No, I don't think rock 'n' roll will ever fade.
I never wanted to do a documentary or write a book.
I date fairly often, but my work is much more important.
Elvis is great and so is anybody who lasts like he does.
Success doesn't scare us. I think we have staying power.
People annoy me when they say, 'Oh, you made a fortune.'
We were the first group where the drummer was the front man.
We copied our hairstyle from Prince Charles, not the Beatles.
You can't go on being a 19-year-old rock-and-roller all your life.
Nobody thought that the music boom of the Sixties was going to last.
I love the music business, but I have no ambition to keep on playing.
I never professed to be a great drummer but I was a very heavy drummer.
Classical music is for listening but rock and roll is to have fun with.
Anyone can look good if you have 500-flash bulbs exploding in your face.
Early CDs, I found, flattened out the sound - it took away all the highs.
The '80s have been so much doom and gloom. We've become very pessimistic.
Who wants to be a 40-year-old rock and roller? You cannot live in the past.
There will never be another Freddie Mercury, one of the greatest rock and roll singers.
One of the reasons I wanted a sax in the band was that I loved Fats Domino's 'Blueberry Hill.'
I'd like to make documentaries. Way-out documentaries. I'd like to do one on a tour of the U.S.
I always believed that the bubble could burst tomorrow. You're only as good as your last record.
We got our grounding by playing live. You had to fall flat on your face, pay your dues and grow.
Elvis Presley invited me to Las Vegas for one night but we got on so well that I stayed for three.
The '60s were a time of great optimism and hope. There was a buzz - everybody could be successful.
I was raised Church of England but I love the Buddhist philosophy, it's very powerful, non-violent.
I sort of disbanded the DC5 in 1970. I decided to call it a day when we were still selling records.
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.
We couldn't get enough of American rock 'n' roll. We'd hear it when we played American air bases in the U.K.
I made records purely for fun - songs that made you feel good. I left the message songs to people like John Lennon.
The Dave Clark Five was basically a live band. During '63 we got the Gold Cup for being the best live band in Britain.
Freddie Mercury said years later that he got the idea for 'We Will Rock You' from 'Bits and Pieces.' I never knew that.
We've got an electric organ, a sax, drums, guitar and bass guitar. We sound less like the Beatles than most of the groups.
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.
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.
What I couldn't have dreamed of is that the fame would last for the rest of our lives without me having to play another note.
You hear many things, take a little from each experience, and tune your imagination to create believable characters and situations.
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.
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 enjoyed every moment, but we'd been everywhere, done everything. I wanted to get back to being just Dave Clark, not Dave Clark Celebrity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Our band was different. We were still playing rock 'n' roll, but we had an entirely different sound: just one guitar, but an organ and a saxophone.
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.
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.