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

They look for the top note to end every song. They don’t know what they are singing about. There is no style.

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.

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

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

No sooner than I did take it seriously, I had million-selling hits and movies with John Wayne.

They weren’t great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well.

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

These kids today, everything is about hitting a vocal home run.

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

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

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

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

I was not a trained actor.

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

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

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

The kids have all seen it on DVD or videotape.

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