Dion DiMucci

A lot of my friends, they think I grew up to rock and roll, but I didn't. I grew up to Hank…

— Dion DiMucci

Doo-wop was full of blues for me.

— Dion DiMucci

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

My definition of the blues is the naked cry of the human heart longing to be in union with God.

— Dion DiMucci

I serve up the hits, and I enjoy doing it.

— Dion DiMucci

A lot of people have many misconceptions about religion. I know what I'm talking about for myself. My mind is very ordered,…

— Dion DiMucci

I heard Robert Johnson way before I heard about Eric Clapton.

— Dion DiMucci

I couldn't sing like Mick Jagger, not that I wanted to.

— Dion DiMucci

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

Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We…

— Dion DiMucci

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

When you're a kid, you get all these rules and regulations coming down on your head. You've got a need to be…

— Dion DiMucci

What are you gonna fill your life up with when you don't have that ultimate satisfaction or peace in your life? You…

— Dion DiMucci

I show rock and rollers how to grow old gracefully.

— Dion DiMucci

My first tour, for six weeks straight, was with Bobby Darin, in 1958. It was just fun hanging out with him. He…

— Dion DiMucci

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

Sometimes I think I know everything, but I also underestimate what God really is.

— Dion DiMucci

I got one of the best sax players in the business - Arno Hecht. He plays with the Uptown Horns and all…

— Dion DiMucci

I left Columbia in the mid-'60s. I had a guaranteed contract for, like, $100,000 a year. And I just let it go.…

— Dion DiMucci

I want to rock till I drop. I love rock and roll music. It keeps you young.

— Dion DiMucci

While Paul Simon is revered, I don't think people get how deep he is. I love the guy. He comes from that…

— Dion DiMucci

By the age of 15, I knew over 40 Hank Williams songs.

— Dion DiMucci

You constantly have to take inventory, not get on someone else's agenda. You want to write something that's poignant and moves people.

— Dion DiMucci

There were a lot of bad relationships that got very convoluted up at Columbia with me, what they expected from me.

— Dion DiMucci

The day I heard Hank Williams for the first time, my life changed.

— Dion DiMucci