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Bobby Vinton quotes

American Musician April 16, 1935

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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. Bobby Vinton
Everything they say about Elvis today is true. He was just one great guy. He wasn't jealous of anyone. I would say Elvis was really someone special when you add it all up. Bobby Vinton
Bobby Vinton quote: "I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby..."
I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers. Bobby Vinton
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. Bobby Vinton
I saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores. Bobby Vinton
Bobby Vinton quote: "I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but..."
I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid. Bobby Vinton
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. Bobby Vinton
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. Bobby Vinton
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. Bobby Vinton
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. Bobby Vinton
Bobby Vinton quote: "Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a..."
Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer. Bobby Vinton
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. Bobby Vinton

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