Lawrence Welk Quotes & Sayings

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

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

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns. — Lawrence Welk

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

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. — Lawrence Welk

I just wrote a book. But don't go and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished. — Lawrence Welk

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. — Lawrence Welk

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

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. — Lawrence Welk

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them. — Lawrence Welk

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

By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family. — Lawrence Welk

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

To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable - this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled. — Lawrence Welk

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

I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me. — Lawrence Welk

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. — Lawrence Welk

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

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

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education. — Lawrence Welk

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. — Lawrence Welk

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

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. — Lawrence Welk

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

Sounds always fascinated me. — Lawrence Welk

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

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

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

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

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

I like clean ladies and nice ladies. — Lawrence Welk

You know, it's a long world. — Lawrence Welk

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

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius. — Lawrence Welk

Boys, if you don't stick together, how do you expect me to follow you-ah? — 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. — Lawrence Welk

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

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. — Lawrence Welk

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

Freedom is without a doubt the greatest blessing we have in America so let us protect it and defend it with all our hearts and all our energies. — Lawrence Welk

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

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

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

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