Frankie Avalon Quotes

The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble.

The kids today, they think they can dance with their faces.

Teens in the '90s had the same basic desires as they do now.

I had to ask my grandchildren, 'What does it mean? I threw shade?'

We are in love with youth culture in this country... It permeates every aspect of people's lives.

The whole selfie generation - it's just not my vibe.

In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture.

In the old days, variety turns like me learned how to cope with failure - we all had nights when we 'died' on stage - but today's youngsters simply don't have that experience. For them, it really is instant make or break time - hence, all the tears and, hence, all the potential emotional damage.

I like to talk. That's why I can't karaoke in a private room. Those types of shenanigans are only good in a public space. I got to say, though, with smartphones and instant upload of everything, our generation and definitely the next generation coming up, it's going to be hard to act a fool.

Kids are much more intuitive these days. Not that I'm crazy about what's on TV, but they know so much these days.

When I was a kid, I would come home from school, throw my bag, go out to play. My daughter comes home from school, throws her bag, goes to play, but sitting in front of the computer because their definition of play has changed. They don't go out to play. They play on the computer with their friends.

I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that.

Television is a young person's medium.

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.

I can't believe I did a peace sign on TV - like Ringo Starr!

Lots of boys pick strong messages about who they are and who they want to be from the media.

The world when I was 13 wasn't truly driven by tabloid magazines and social media and reality shows. I was able to have a little more of a private life.

Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times.

It used to be that artists thought of nature as their environment. Now media is our environment. It has been for the past 50, 70 years. It's what you see on TV, on the computer, what is in the magazines and newspapers.

This wired generation is kind of cool.

My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.

Today's younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us.

Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

All that self-expression has just created a generation of morons, hooked on an endless appetite for rubbish.