Gene Vincent quotes
Gene Vincent was an American musician and pioneering rock and roll singer, famous for his hit "Be-Bop-A-Lula." His energetic style and rebellious image helped define the early sound and spirit of rockabilly music. He influenced generations of musicians and remains an icon of 1950s rock culture. Here are 5 of his quotes:
No, not really. I'm a singer. Listen, I never meant to make money. I never wanted it. I'm a singer, man. When I put out a record called "Be-Bop-A-Lula", my only thought was to just make a living singing. But all of a sudden, I was getting $1500 a night. And you take a 19-year old boy and put him in those circumstances ... I had a Cadillac and all. It was a bad scene. It shouldn't have happened on that first record.
Gene Vincent
It's like I say. We used to all sit around ... me and Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins and we'd talk about things. If one of us had a hit, we'd say: "That's fabulous. It's a damn good song." But now, the people that I meet are so damn big headed ... it's not music any more, it's business. But now ... I've met Jim Morrison of the Doors ... a fantastic person. Really a nice guy, and he takes me back to the people I knew in the old days. Listen, a star is not a star. We never considered ourselves that. I'm always pushing, man, to get something better. And that's the same with Jim and fellas like John Sebastian.
Gene Vincent