It's hard to explain music when it goes in your gut and makes left and right and turns and moves you and… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
When I didn't do 'Runaround Sue' on the 'Ed Sullivan Show,' for example, I didn't listen to my inner voice. I should… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
The point here is that I enjoyed singing. I enjoyed the rhythm of it. I grew up listening to Louis Prima, who… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
Early on, I tried to sing, but sustaining a note was something I wasn't comfortable with. So I tried to get off… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
Music is an expression. It's almost like a diary in my life, you know. You express your perceptions and your view on… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
A rock-and-roll group needed a name that fit criteria in three areas: It had to be great for a bowling team; it… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
Hank Williams seemed, like, so total to me, so committed to the lyric. He would actually rip the ends of the words… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
I never knew I was a songwriter. I didn't even know I was a singer. My parents just got me a guitar… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
A lot of my friends, they think I grew up to rock and roll, but I didn't. I grew up to Hank Williams, Jimmy… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share
I've got these die-hard fans on Facebook, and you'd swear they haven't heard anything I've done since 1962, 1963. — Dion DiMucci Copy Share
My definition of the blues is the naked cry of the human heart longing to be in union with God. — Dion DiMucci Copy Share
A lot of people have many misconceptions about religion. I know what I'm talking about for myself. My mind is very ordered, so to… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share
Early on, I tried to sing, but sustaining a note was something I wasn't comfortable with. So I tried to get off of the… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share
Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We were just… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share
For me, God's country is sirens and subways and all kinds of ethnic groups trying to cross the street all at once. — Dion DiMucci Copy Share
When you're a kid, you get all these rules and regulations coming down on your head. You've got a need to be recognized. But… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share
What are you gonna fill your life up with when you don't have that ultimate satisfaction or peace in your life? You try to… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share
My first tour, for six weeks straight, was with Bobby Darin, in 1958. It was just fun hanging out with him. He was older… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share
