Lawrence Welk Quotes

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

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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