Frankie Avalon

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

— Frankie Avalon

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

— Frankie Avalon

I think todays music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.

— Frankie Avalon

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

— Frankie Avalon

There have been a lot of memorable meals in my life and in my career.

— Frankie Avalon

When I was a kid, we'd go crabbing, as a lot of folks do on the East Coast, and we'd catch some…

— Frankie Avalon

My mother never threw anything out. If there was a sliver of a tomato, it was in the refridge. I would come…

— Frankie Avalon

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

— Frankie Avalon

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…

— Frankie Avalon

Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president…

— Frankie Avalon

Everybody wants instant gratification for everything. It's all got to be like fast food. You want a hamburger now, you get it…

— Frankie Avalon

I love Billy Joel's music, but let's put it this way - I think this is a frustrated, ugly man.

— Frankie Avalon

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

— Frankie Avalon

If you watch 'American Idol,' and you close your eyes, you don't know who's singing because they all sound exactly alike.

— Frankie Avalon

I still have the tradition of Sunday dinners at my house, and I make all kinds of different Italian foods, and there's…

— Frankie Avalon

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

— Frankie Avalon

I think about growing up back in Philly. It was about friendship with the guys and having a distant crush on some…

— Frankie Avalon

Well, we all age, but Id been taking herbal supplements for a long time.

— Frankie Avalon

I like to be busy.

— Frankie Avalon

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

— Frankie Avalon

I definitely remember doing 'The Alamo' with John Wayne and Lawrence Harvey and Linda Cristal. We'd work six days a week, and…

— Frankie Avalon

I wound up signing to RCA Victor as a trumpeter, guesting on shows like Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners.

— Frankie Avalon

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

— Frankie Avalon

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

— Frankie Avalon

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

— Frankie Avalon