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" Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer. "
Bobby Vinton
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" I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers. "
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" All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background. "
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" I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition. "
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" I had a big troupe, a big army and it was a lot of fun. And, after 10 years of that, I just decided that I wanted to travel and do special dates. I go to Las Vegas these days. "
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" Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best. "
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" I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas. "
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" Most of those takes were one take. I made those records in three minutes. I didn't have time to get nervous or scared the first time I sang it. It was all 'live' and I enjoyed it so much. "
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" Everybody goes through a stage where you have it. And, all of a sudden, you don't have it anymore. You get older and the audience gets younger. "
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" To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years. "
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" I must tell you, to get started today must be very difficult 'cause whatever it takes today is very tough. They have to invest a million dollars in a video just to see if you have a hit record. "
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Difficult
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" I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid. "
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Truth
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" Hey, we've all been to high school We've seen the in-crowds. Most of us have been in the outer crowds, the people who weren't in. Although I was never in, I was selling records and was very happy. "
Bobby Vinton
School
Happy
High
" Today, you're either very big or you're playing stadiums or you're not playing anymore. You're either popular where everybody will go to a 20,000 seat arena to see you or they won't go to see you at all. "
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" When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers. "
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" I would sell 2 million records, a million went to teenagers and a million went to the adults. So, when The Beatles became so popular, I lost a million to the teenagers, but I was still selling a million to the adults. "
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Lost
Beatles
Sell
" All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would've done as good without an education. "
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Decisions
Think
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" As far as critics, I'm not a hip guy. I was never on drugs. Nobody ever felt sorry for me 'cause I went straight or found God. I always had God. I've always like, played by the rules. "
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Nobody
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Rules
" They said hey look, The Beatles deserve to be number one, not Bobby Vinton. We're gonna cut your tires. Change that listing. They were dedicated at the time. "
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" I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people. "
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" The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music. "
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" To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it. "
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" Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music. "
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