Frankie Avalon

“I eat pasta every day. It gives me energy. I love the taste.”

“When I was a kid, we'd go crabbing, as a lot of folks do on the East Coast, and we'd catch some fresh crabs and take it home, and Mom would turn it into this unbelievable crab gravy - or, as they say, sauce.”

“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.”

“It's a wonderful thing to be stopped by people, to be recognized, to have somebody come up and say, 'Thank you for all the wonderful memories, for everything... ' Those are compliments you can't imagine.”

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

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

“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 like that because the fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.”

“I never thought that 'Grease' would be a smash. I turned it down at first.”

“The kids have all seen it on DVD or videotape.”

“I've got eight children, 10 grandkids. I have friends over all the time, and I like to cook.”

“When I was kid, my uncle had a grocery store. I remember the smell of the sawdust on the floor.”

“I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra.”

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

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

“I was not a trained actor.”

“I recognize them for what they were. 'DeDe Dinah,' 'Ginger Bread,' come on. They're fun things. They're middle of the road. It wasn't really rock and roll. I don't know what it was, but it was something accepted and bought, and people still like them. When I reminiscence on stage, people respond. They really like those songs.”

“When the Beatles came in, I really concentrated on making a lot of movies. Those beach films that we did were a lot fun. They hit with an audience that related to what we were trying to do on the screen. That kept me going all through that Beatle period.”

“I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn't even correspond at this point.”

“I guess I've maintained my hair. I'm like a Donald Trump. I have a good, solid head of hair, and that's been my trademark all these years.”