--- title: "1 Listening Jazz Quotes By Frankie Valli" description: "1 Listening Jazz quotes by Frankie Valli. Plus more from Frankie Valli and more Listening Jazz sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/frankie-valli-15148_band_when-i-was-a-kid-i-used-to-listen-to-my_3165287.jpg" --- > [When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by listening to jazz in the late 1940s and then vocal harmony groups like the Four Freshmen, the Modernaires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/when-i-was-a-kid-i-used-to-listen-to-my-emerson-radio-late-at-night/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/frankie-valli-15148_band_when-i-was-a-kid-i-used-to-listen-to-my_3165287.jpg) ## More by Frankie Valli > [Becoming successful is a relentless pursuit. It's good that it's that way: When it does come, you learn to know how to appreciate it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/becoming-successful-is-a-relentless-pursuit-it-s-good-that-it-s-that/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [People don't get married to get divorced. Maybe people weren't meant to be together forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/people-don-t-get-married-to-get-divorced-maybe-people-weren-t-meant/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [My eyes adored ya Though I never laid a hand on you My eyes adored ya Like a million miles away from me you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/my-eyes-adored-ya-though-i-never-laid-a-hand-on-you-my-eyes-adored-ya/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [When we were trying to get 'Jersey Boys' off the ground, I'd get, 'The Four Seasons? Who's going to care? There's the Beatles, there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/when-we-were-trying-to-get-jersey-boys-off-the-ground-i-d-get-the/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [The very first time I ever heard anything of mine on the radio, I was in New Jersey, and I was in my teens.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/the-very-first-time-i-ever-heard-anything-of-mine-on-the-radio-i-was/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [Grease is the word, is the word that you heard, It's got groove, its got feeling...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/grease-is-the-word-is-the-word-that-you-heard-it-s-got-groove-its-got/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [I think Lady Gaga is talented. Madonna is talented, and the flair that Michael Jackson had. He was talented! Whatever it is that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/i-think-lady-gaga-is-talented-madonna-is-talented-and-the-flair-that/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [One day, when I was still living at home, a friend told 'Texas' Jean Valli about me. She was originally from Syracuse, N.Y., and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/one-day-when-i-was-still-living-at-home-a-friend-told-texas-jean/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [I'm not doing contemporary songs unless something comes along that really knocks my socks off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/i-m-not-doing-contemporary-songs-unless-something-comes-along-that/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [I dont play golf or tennis, I dont ski, I dont snowboard. If you love what you do, you never get enough of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/i-dont-play-golf-or-tennis-i-dont-ski-i-dont-snowboard-if-you-love/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [I spent many a summer early morning with the radio very low, half sleeping and half listening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/i-spent-many-a-summer-early-morning-with-the-radio-very-low-half/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [You can take the guy out of the neighorhood but you can't take the neighborhood out of the guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/you-can-take-the-guy-out-of-the-neighorhood-but-you-can-t-take-the/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [Where I grew up, in New Jersey, there was a lot of organised crime activity. It was a part of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/where-i-grew-up-in-new-jersey-there-was-a-lot-of-organised-crime/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [I'd seen so many people become stagnant in New Jersey - I had this fear I'd just stay there. They'd come out of high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/i-d-seen-so-many-people-become-stagnant-in-new-jersey-i-had-this-fear/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) > [If I close my eyes, I can remember the first apartment where I lived with my family in Newark, N.J., in the late 1930s.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/if-i-close-my-eyes-i-can-remember-the-first-apartment-where-i-lived/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listening-jazz/frankie-valli/#itemlist", "name": "1 Listening Jazz Quotes By Frankie Valli", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. 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