Dave Clark

When you're touring, you only see the auditorium and the hotel room. You can't go out because you get mobbed. You're tired, edgy and under pressure. The fun had gone out of it, so we decided to walk away from it all.

I wanted to stop while we were still getting big hits. The only thing I miss is the actual performing.

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.

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 love the music business, but I have no ambition to keep on playing.

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.

You can't go on being a 19-year-old rock-and-roller all your life.

My big thrill in life is my Jaguar XKE.

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.

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.

We've got an electric organ, a sax, drums, guitar and bass guitar. We sound less like the Beatles than most of the groups.

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.