Vinton Quotes & Sayings

Everything they say about Elvis today is true. He was just one great guy. He wasn't jealous of anyone. I would say Elvis was really someone special when you add it all up. — Bobby Vinton

I would sell 2 million records, a million went to teenagers and a million went to the adults. So, when The Beatles became so popular, I lost a million to the teenagers, but I was still selling a million to the adults. — Bobby Vinton

The hackers don't want to destroy the network. They want to keep it running, so they can keep making money from it. — Vinton Cerf

Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer. — Bobby Vinton

Those are all computational engines that are highly distributed and therefore highly robust, .. We're seeing a very significant evolution in the way we even think about computer systems, let alone specific applications. — Vinton Cerf

To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years. — Bobby Vinton

Most of those takes were one take. I made those records in three minutes. I didn't have time to get nervous or scared the first time I sang it. It was all 'live' and I enjoyed it so much. — Bobby Vinton

I saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores. — Bobby Vinton

I think imaginative exercises can have a profound impact on the future - what you can imagine can sometimes turn into something you can figure out how to build. — Vinton Cerf

I believe that the problem of global climate change will ultimately spur our global society to respond and while the condition does not appear to be reversible, we will find ways to adapt to it. — Vinton Cerf

On email and the first instance of spam: This is not for advertising! This is for serious work! — Vinton Cerf

I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that. — Bobby Vinton

Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best. — Bobby Vinton

Unfortunately, a lot of people are stupid. They take drugs. They get drunk and do all the wrong things in life. I just played it straight. — Bobby Vinton

Surf the Web is a happy coincidence. — Vinton Cerf

If you are deaf, you need captions for spoken elements. If you are blind, you need voiced descriptions of Web contents and spoken renderings of e-mail. The range of physical disabilities is very large, and we need many different tools to overcome the consequential barriers to Internet use. Let us commit ourselves to truly assuring that the Internet really is for everyone. — Vinton Cerf

When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers. — Bobby Vinton

Now, more than ever, the Internet must be wielded along with other media to cast bright lights on all who would destroy freedom in the world. — Vinton Cerf

I had a big troupe, a big army and it was a lot of fun. And, after 10 years of that, I just decided that I wanted to travel and do special dates. I go to Las Vegas these days. — Bobby Vinton

They say a year in the Internet business is like a dog year.. equivalent to seven years in a regular person's life. In other words, it's evolving fast and faster. — Vinton Cerf

I don't wanna say goodbye for the summer Knowing the love we'll miss Oh let us make a pledge to meet in September And seal it with a kiss Guess it's gonna be a cold lonely summer But I'll fill the emptiness I'll send you all my love every day in a letter Sealed with a kiss. — Bobby Vinton

The last decade of Internet evolution has been marked by innovation. That innovation has been a consequence of the open and neutral access that the Internet has afforded up until now. — Vinton Cerf

Hey, we've all been to high school We've seen the in-crowds. Most of us have been in the outer crowds, the people who weren't in. Although I was never in, I was selling records and was very happy. — Bobby Vinton

Google's objective is to organize the world's information and to make it accessible. Unicode plays a central role in this effort because it is the principal means by which content in every language can be represented in a form that can be processed by software. As Unicode extends its coverage of the world's languages, it helps Google accomplish its mission. — Vinton Cerf

All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background. — Bobby Vinton

I no longer give Power Point presentations, because I've come to believe that power corrupts, and Power Point corrupts absolutely. — Vinton Cerf

To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it. — Bobby Vinton

It is just a thing. Whether it is good or bad depends what you do with it. If you don't like what you are doing with it then it is simply a reflection of what you are as an individual, an organisation or a society and that is what you have to fix. — Vinton Cerf

I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas. — Bobby Vinton

Session musicians kind of respected me because what I was talking about made sense. That all came from an education. Believe me, education does you more good. Maybe that's the reason I've been around so long. — Bobby Vinton

The remarkable social impact and economic success of the Internet is in many ways directly attributable to the architectural characteristics that were part of its design. The Internet was designed with no gatekeepers over new content or services. — Vinton Cerf

It's just different today. Nobody seems to last too long these days. I wouldn't know how to get started today. — Bobby Vinton

All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would've done as good without an education. — Bobby Vinton

Today, you're either very big or you're playing stadiums or you're not playing anymore. You're either popular where everybody will go to a 20,000 seat arena to see you or they won't go to see you at all. — Bobby Vinton

Music has fed me a lot of ideas ... The film BLUE VELVET came out of Bobby Vinton's version of the song BLUE VELVET. — David Lynch

Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet. — Vinton Cerf

I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid. — Bobby Vinton

I am an optimist by nature and believe strongly that technology can be brought to bear to create alternatives, even in crisis situations. — Vinton Cerf

I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers. — Bobby Vinton

What's wonderful about Google is that as long as you bring ideas to the table, it doesn't matter what else is going on. — Vinton Cerf

I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people. — Bobby Vinton

I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition. — Bobby Vinton

He was simply undeveloped compared to teammates who had grown up in the American West, linking 60 mph carved turns at Sun Valley or Crystal Mountain. — Nathaniel Vinton

The closer you look at something, the more complex it seems to be. — Vinton Cerf

I must tell you, to get started today must be very difficult 'cause whatever it takes today is very tough. They have to invest a million dollars in a video just to see if you have a hit record. — Bobby Vinton

I can imagine people actually working in virtual environments where productive, cooperative work is undertaken, and I think we will find people helping others to take advantage of masses of information that are inaccessible or too vast to process in real time today. — Vinton Cerf

Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music. — Bobby Vinton

The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music. — Bobby Vinton

I'd like to know what the Internet is going to look like in 2050. Thinking about it makes me wish I were eight years old. — Vinton Cerf

Everybody goes through a stage where you have it. And, all of a sudden, you don't have it anymore. You get older and the audience gets younger. — Bobby Vinton

Humor is the only thing that allows you to survive every pressure and crisis. — Vinton Cerf

By placing intelligence at the edges rather than control in the middle of the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation. — Vinton Cerf

In the Internet world, both ends essentially pay for access to the Internet system, and so the providers of access get compensated by the users at each end. My big concern is that suddenly access providers want to step in the middle and create a toll road to limit customers' ability to get access to services of their choice even though they have paid for access to the network in the first place. — Vinton Cerf

As far as critics, I'm not a hip guy. I was never on drugs. Nobody ever felt sorry for me 'cause I went straight or found God. I always had God. I've always like, played by the rules. — Bobby Vinton

They said hey look, The Beatles deserve to be number one, not Bobby Vinton. We're gonna cut your tires. Change that listing. They were dedicated at the time. — Bobby Vinton