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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sounds always fascinated me.
Lawrence Welk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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