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

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

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

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

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

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

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

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

The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow...

The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow...

If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to...

If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to...

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a...

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a...

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

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

I knew nothing of the real life of a musician, but I seemed to see...

I knew nothing of the real life of a musician, but I seemed to see...

In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a...

In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a...

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

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

I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience...

I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience...

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

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

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were...

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were...

Sounds always fascinated me.

Sounds always fascinated me.

When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union,...

When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union,...

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

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

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

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

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

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