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

I think todays music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.

Well, we all age, but Id been taking herbal supplements for a long time.

Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president - I took.

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

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

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

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

I wound up signing to RCA Victor as a trumpeter, guesting on shows like Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners.

I was not a trained actor.

Finding one’s place in the world is never easy.Have courage and be true to who you are.Remember, those who dare to be different areOften the ones who change the world.

Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.

On ne sait jamais! One never knows!

I have to fit in. Wherever they want to use me, that's fine.

Folk Music Has Always Contained a Concern for the Human Condition.

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.

A lot of the issues I faced in junior high was what got me into animation. It was easier to sit on the side and draw cartoons than to engage with people.

There is an old motto that runs, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This is nonsense. It ought to read, "If at first you don't succeed, quit, quit at once."

Many times the difference between your accomplishment and your failure is your attitude.