I invented 'Top of the Pops' when I was a top-class DJ playing in dance halls and discotheques. Jimmy Savile More Quotes by Jimmy Savile More Quotes From Jimmy Savile Live TV, which is happening as you see it, is very exciting to do. Any mistake is seen by millions, and if there is a technical breakdown, one has to ad lib or improvise like mad. Jimmy Savile live you mad mistake On Wednesday, January 1, 1954, at 6:30 P.M., I presented the first-ever 'Top of the Pops.' I remember a journalist asking me how long I thought the programme would last. I said to him, 'It will last as long as people buy records.' Jimmy Savile me remember long people I ran 'Top of the Pops' from the perspective of a DJ. So I would identify the best dancer and the best-dressed audience member and make them part of the show. They were as important as any of the bands. Jimmy Savile dj best perspective important 'Top of the Pops' is fun. It's escapism. It's a laugh. It's a rhythm; it gets your foot tapping. And that's all it is. Jimmy Savile laugh your top fun If you are going to work for the first time, keep your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open. Listen, watch - and don't forget what you see. Jimmy Savile eyes you work time A Yorkshire coal mine during the war was my first workplace. I was 18, and when I was called up, I thought I'd go into the RAF. But my number got pulled out of Ernest Bevin's hat, and I went down the pit as a Bevin boy to replace all the able-bodied miners who went to war. Jimmy Savile hat boy down war I tend to believe everybody. Jimmy Savile tend everybody believe I've a Scottish estate and places in Leeds, Bournemouth, Scarborough, Regent's Park. I'm at home in them all. Jimmy Savile park them places home Ever since I started playing records, it's been such a fabulous life. The idea of going back down the pits would be a nightmare. Jimmy Savile playing down back life Early 'Top of the Pops' was something nobody else had done. 'Radio 1' hadn't been invented. It was a life of constant excitement for all of us involved. It was a pop phenomenon. Jimmy Savile nobody radio done life I've kept too busy through the years to stop and take inspiration from anyone. Jimmy Savile stop through inspiration busy As soon as you stop moving - to sit down and watch TV or whatnot - you're wasting life. Jimmy Savile down you life moving I don't have much interest in what the kids think of me. Jimmy Savile think me interest kids I like to make the most out of every single second. Jimmy Savile make out like single I was born in 1926, right. In 1939, war broke out. And that has a tremendous effect on everybody's life because the basic principle of a human being is whether they're gonna be alive or dead in the morning. Now with the war on, you can't guarantee that, especially living in a city like Leeds where we had air raids and all that. Jimmy Savile you morning war life If nothing else in life, at least I've had the ability to recognise an opportunity. Jimmy Savile nothing ability opportunity life
