Bobby Vinton Quotes

I think there was a lot competition in the rock scene.

You can only start a boyband if you kill one of the ones already out there.

I'm better than Olivier.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

In the Sixties, you needed talent to make it.

I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good.

I'll put my record up against anybody's.

I remember, after the New Year's Eve 1991 show, somebody running onto the bus and saying Nirvana had just hit No. 1. I remember thinking, 'Wow; it's on now.' It changed something. We had something to prove - that our band was as good as I thought it was.

I want to be regarded as the best guy in the world, and I want to beat the best guy in the world.

Singing rock n' roll - they called it singing for the devil. But we all wanted an opportunity to compete in the music industry, and that was the opportunity.

I am the best in the world, and all these guys are fighting me to gain credit.

I think I will have an edge over my rivals in terms of confidence and experience.

I think 'American Idol' has prepared me for anything.

'The X Factor' was the final push I needed to have the presence and confidence on stage, which I didn't have before. It's a crash course in the music industry. If you can survive the show, you're ready for the industry.

Some guy said to me: Don't you think you're too old to sing rock n' roll? I said: You'd better check with Mick Jagger.

Well, it's nice being top banana in the shock department.

You can try to steal the thunder all you want, it just reminds people I'm the lightning. You rumble in the distance. I light up the sky.

When I was a kid, the people of my generation didn't want to be writers, they wanted to be rock stars. Rock and roll was not just entertainment, it was the center of people's lives. When I was young, it was exciting and interesting.

I want to be the most exciting fighter out there.

Well, I don't have much competition here." "You don't have much competition anywhere.

Maccarinelli thinks he can use me to make a name for himself, but that is not going to happen. He has made his fame by fighting nobodies. I've fought all the way to the top against top contenders.

I told Khaled you the best but I'm the bestest. Better run for cover if your name is on my checklist.

You can fool some of the people part of the time in a rock and roll song, fifty million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong.

I used to be a chemical-engineering student, but I started studying acting, and I went for a cattle call, up against hundreds of people. They tore me down because I was too tall. They said "How tall are you?" "6'5"." "Next."