Dion DiMucci

I show rock and rollers how to grow old gracefully. ”

If you don't have God in your life, you have to fill up on something. And you usually reach for the four great substitutes, the classical addictions: wealth, pleasure, power, and honor. So you try to fill yourself up. ”

With Del Shannon - and I've got to tell you this - there's nobody probably on the face of the earth that I identified more with musically. We used to sit and sing George Jones and Hank Williams tunes. ”

If you make excuses, you're going to believe in a lie. And I don't believe in that lie that you can't make it, that somebody is trying to hold you back. ”

It was a lot of fun in the back of that bus with Ritchie Valens, Buddy and The Big Bopper sharing each other's songs. ”

I was a weird kid. I loved music, and I loved reading about God. ”

I don't believe in being a victim. I think with information and motivation, you can do anything. ”

I thought you had to be humble to become a saint, but a priest told me it takes all kinds to make it to heaven. ”

There were a lot of bad relationships that got very convoluted up at Columbia with me, what they expected from me. ”

I want to rock till I drop. I love rock and roll music. It keeps you young. ”