101 Quotes by Dave Clark

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

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

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

We were the first group where the drummer was the front man.

It was always the singer that was the front man, but Mike stood there and played piano and keyboards. He had a great voice and he was the Sixties' Rod Stewart, and he contributed a tremendous amount to the Dave Clark Five.

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.

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

Elvis Presley invited me to Las Vegas for one night but we got on so well that I stayed for three.

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.