Frankie Avalon Quotes

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Frankie Avalon

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 18, 1939

I think about growing up back in Philly. It was about friendship with the guys and having a distant crush on some gal. And when you finally got the nerve to take her out on a date, you went to her parents' house with a shine on your shoes, took her to the movies, and got her home nice and early.

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When the Beatles came in, I really concentrated on making a lot of movies. Those beach films that we did were a lot fun. They hit with an audience that related to what we were trying to do on the screen. That kept me going all through that Beatle period.

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

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

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They weren't great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well.

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I was not a trained actor.

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When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.

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

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

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

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I'll be 65 in September and I work as much as I want to, take cruises with Kay, relax with my family, do everything in moderation, because I want to enjoy my life.

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Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.

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Rocco paid me 35 bucks a week at Murray's Inn in South Jersey. People started asking Rocco to have me sing.

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

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The kids have all seen it on DVD or videotape.

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I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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I think today's music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.

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These kids today, everything is about hitting a vocal home run.

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

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

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