Gene Pitney Quotes

United States, Singer
February 17, 1940 – April, 5, 2006.

Gene Francis Alan Pitney was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer. Pitney charted 16 Top-40 hits in the United States, four in the Top 10. In the United Kingdom he had 22 Top-40 hits, and 11 singles in the Top Ten. He also wrote the early 1960s hits "Rubber Ball" recorded by Bobby Vee, "He's a Rebel" by the Crystals, and "Hello Mary Lou" by Ricky Nelson. In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Also known as Songwriter, Musician, Engineer

People tell me all the time that I must be so sad. I never was. It's just the way I sing.

Gene Pitney
- People
- Time
- Sad
Let's say I'm not feeling well, and somebody would say to me, 'Just do an easy show, just go out and do a light...' - I can't! I cannot do that kind of a show. I have to still put 150 percent into it, and it's funny: it's so healing to do that.

Gene Pitney
- Feeling
- Funny
- Light

The thing I always liked best about touring abroad was constantly running into different people, different cultures, different foods. It really pumped up my batteries... I'm constantly playing to a demographically diverse audience... one generation is driven by nostalgia, the next by curiosity. And that's why I have no plans to retire.

Gene Pitney
- People
- Up
- Different
I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball, I went fishing and skating. I was into trapping animals, pheasants and squirrels. Not only was I trapper, I was a taxidermist.

Gene Pitney
- Different
- Kids
- Football
I always feel that it's great when you can be happy when you're by yourself. That's not a bad thing.

Gene Pitney
- Great
- Bad
- Happy
You have 'listeners' ears' when you're just starting out, and your 'listeners' ears' tell you what will work. You lose those ears later, when you break songs down into production elements too much.

Gene Pitney
- Work
I'm a performer. I've tried everything there is.

Gene Pitney