“I know, for me, you know, my generation - I never would have known anything about Robert Preston's performance in 'The Music Man' if there hadn't been a film where he played the part. I just heard how great he was on Broadway way before my time.” IfsKnowsMenWayFilmKnownGenerationsHeardPerformancesMy TimeBroadwayMy GenerationMusic Man Author:John Lloyd Young
“I don't have a Jersey dialect. So when I approached the singing, I approached it the same way as an actor I approach a dialect, just as a singer.” WayActorsApproachSingingSingersJerseyDialect Author:John Lloyd Young
“I think Frankie Valli did everything right. He kept singing. And you also have to remember, he was confined to a certain society, which was this sort of like - the wrong side of the law kind of society of Italian guys from the streets of Belleville, New Jersey. So he found his way.” ThinkingWayKindRememberLawGuyCertainFoundSidesStreetsSingingItalianJerseyConfinedNew Jersey Author:John Lloyd Young
“I think one of the ways that these young singers got started is that they would end up in clubs. And a lot of them were mafia owned. And so there was almost an unspoken kind of mafia sponsorship, which is just a very interesting part of that area's music history.” ThinkingWayKindEndsYoungInterestingAreasClubsSingersVery InterestingMafiaUnspokenSponsorship Author:John Lloyd Young
“It was a surprise to me and a happy accident that it was such a skill [natural falsetto] - a latent skill and that there was a way to exploit it. And it was a key to playing great role Frankie Valli in such a huge show.” WayShowsNaturalRolesHugeKeysSkillsSurpriseAccidentsExploitsLatentHappy AccidentsFalsetto Author:John Lloyd Young
