His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim. And yet his greatest desire was the simple warmth of love's fire, cause it's cold on the dark side of fame.

There's always one more way to do something-- your way.

I ain't got no reverse. I've learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.

Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.

Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms, hell is when my baby's not here.

I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.

I'm just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.