Dave Clark

I was very, very lucky to spend my youth during the '60s

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

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

To think I thought you could lose your place in history.

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.

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.

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

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.

I miss physically going out on stage and performing. That's the ultimate high.

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

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.'