You know, it's a long world.

Quote by Lawrence Welk

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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...

My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with...

My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with...

You know, it's a long world.

You know, it's a long world.

By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45...

By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45...

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump...

We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try...

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try...

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

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

For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork...

For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork...

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

Sounds always fascinated me.

Sounds always fascinated me.

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

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

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

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