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" My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know. "
Lawrence Welk
Me
Hard
Know
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" I played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German. "
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" 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. "
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Nothing
People
" 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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" Whenever you have a minute I'd like to see you right now. "
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" I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places. "
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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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" Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns. "
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Very
Duke
" His act may start out slow, but it tapers off. "
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Slow
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" It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair. "
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Curious
" One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters. "
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One Thing
Stage
" I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly. "
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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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Time
Orchestra
" 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
Learn
Grow
Me
" 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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Speak
True
Dreams
" I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet. "
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Go
Because
Book
" There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them. "
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Bad
Them
Days
" Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor. "
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Floor
Conversation
Lady
" Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last. "
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Thanksgiving
Life
Blessings
" If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us. "
Lawrence Welk
Play
Hum
After
" 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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Four
Early
Nation
" The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly. "
Lawrence Welk
Time
First Time
Grow
" Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life. "
Lawrence Welk
My Life
Out
God
" 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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Trying
Trouble
Sound
" If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes. "
Lawrence Welk
Always
Quality
Voice
" I just had an idea that went right over my head. "
Lawrence Welk
Just
Right
Head
" We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument. "
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Father
Family
Instrument
" Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well. "
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Feel
Go
Night
" 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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Wild
Parents
Union
" I have never been an innovator, a creative genius. "
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Innovator
Creative
Genius
" Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure. "
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Happy
Home
Music