Dion DiMucci

I never got into this business to do interviews. It was always about the music. ”

Trains had the greatest bass sound in the world. ”

A rock-and-roll group needed a name that fit criteria in three areas: It had to be great for a bowling team; it had to be great for a gang; and it had to be great for a rock-and-roll group. So we called ourselves Dion and the Belmonts. ”

When I didn't do 'Runaround Sue' on the 'Ed Sullivan Show,' for example, I didn't listen to my inner voice. I should have. ”

The form of the blues helps us express our joys, our fears, our - anything you want to express. And it helps you get it out instead of it spiraling inward, and you're getting twisted up and exploding. So it's a bit of salvation. ”

Be authentic, true to yourself, genuine. Question what you really love along the way. There are so many voices out there. And you can lose yourself. ”

Trying to explain what community is to someone who's never experienced it is like trying to explain what an artichoke tastes like. ”

I moved my family down to Miami to stay with my father-in-law, Jack, for a while. Best move I ever made. ”

I got a little advice for everybody: marry the girl who's going to get you to heaven. ”

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