Quotes

God's delay is not God's denial.

These kids today, everything is about hitting a vocal home run. They look for the top note in every song. They don't know what they're singing about. They have no style.

[about touring in his "oldies" shows] I like that because the fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.

Kids know me from their Grease (1978) DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.

The kids have all seen it on DVD or videotape.

I was not a trained actor.

No sooner [did I] take it seriously [then] I had million-selling hits and movies with John Wayne.

Rocco paid me 35 bucks a week at Murray's Inn in South Jersey. People started asking Rocco to have me sing.

It captures a lot of the spirit of the '50s.

I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

I wish I could talk to [Annette Funicello], but she doesn't even correspond at this point.

I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn't use it.

I'll be 65 in September and I work as much as I want to, take cruises with Kay, relax with my family, do everything in moderation, because I want to enjoy my life.

I think today's music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.

Yes, but I don't think of the Teen Angel as of an age.

When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.

Well, we all age, but I'd been taking herbal supplements for a long time.

[on his "Beach Party" movies] They weren't great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well.