Lawrence Welk

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

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

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

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 just had an idea that went right over my head.

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

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.

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience.

I was so anxious to succeed that I made a practice of appearing on all the disc jockey shows I could, in order to publicize the band.

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

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.