“I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Phila...” — Frankie Avalon Quote

I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

For me, the biggest successes I've ever had were the ones I never counted on. I never thought my first big record would be a hit. I thought it was an average song.

I guess I've maintained my hair. I'm like a Donald Trump. I have a good, solid head of hair, and that's been my trademark all these years.

I eat pasta every day. It gives me energy. I love the taste.

If I go to a restaurant, or if I'm at an airport and people recognize me, it amazes me that most of them know me from 'Grease.'

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.

I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.

I do read everything that we publish. We usually have to have two or three votes for a book before we take it on. So in that sense I suppose it is an orchestra.

When I first wrote for orchestra, I didn't realize, when you have 20 people playing a violin line, that is very different than one person playing that line.