Quotes By Lawrence Welk

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

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

His act may start out slow, but it tapers off.

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

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

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

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

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

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

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

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.

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

Sounds always fascinated me.

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

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.

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

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

Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure.

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

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

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

I played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German.

It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.

Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor.

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.

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.