Bobby Vinton

“The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music.”

“I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition.”

“Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music.”

“I saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores.”

“All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would've done as good without an education.”

“To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it.”

“לצערי, הרבה אנשים טיפשים. הם לוקחים סמים. הם משתכרים ועושים את כל הדברים הלא נכונים בחיים. אני פשוט הלכתי על דרך הישר.”

“הזמנים השתנו. הבגדים התחלפו. המוסר השתנה. עברנו משירי אהבות רומנטיים כמו שהייתי עושה לרוקנ'רול. עכשיו זה השתנה לראפ. אז, תמיד יש דור חדש עם מוזיקה חדשה.”

“כל מה שאומרים על אלביס היום הוא נכון. הוא היה רק בחור אחד גדול. הוא לא קינא באף אחד. הייתי אומר שאלביס היה באמת מישהו מיוחד.”

“כל השירים שלי היו קולות סולו. רק אני שר. למעשה, זה היה הגימיק – אין גימיקים. פשוט שירה ישרה עם לא יותר מדי רקע.”

“When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers.”

“Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer.”

“I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas.”

“Today, you're either very big or you're playing stadiums or you're not playing anymore. You're either popular where everybody will go to a 20,000 seat arena to see you or they won't go to see you at all.”

“Session musicians kind of respected me because what I was talking about made sense. That all came from an education. Believe me, education does you more good. Maybe that's the reason I've been around so long.”

“As far as critics, I'm not a hip guy. I was never on drugs. Nobody ever felt sorry for me 'cause I went straight or found God. I always had God. I've always like, played by the rules.”

“Hey, we've all been to high school We've seen the in-crowds. Most of us have been in the outer crowds, the people who weren't in. Although I was never in, I was selling records and was very happy.”

“All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background.”

“They said hey look, The Beatles deserve to be number one, not Bobby Vinton. We're gonna cut your tires. Change that listing. They were dedicated at the time.”

“I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers.”