Quotes from Lawrence Welk

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes.

This is the best biography by me I have ever read.

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

Whenever you have a minute I'd like to see you right now.

I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion.

Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.

I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet.

When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.

The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.

My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.

We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument.

The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music was born.

In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it.

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.

My first appearance, the first time I try anything, invariably is not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.

If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us.

I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places.

Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.