Lawrence Welk Quotes

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

God, Love, Trust

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

Life, Blessings, Last

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.
Lawrence Welk

Work, Faith, Money

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

Down, Young, Put

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

Good, Bad, Days

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

Dreams, Music, Education

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, Whatever, Desire

I just had an idea that went right over my head.
Lawrence Welk

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

Ambition, Mothers, Stage

By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.
Lawrence Welk

Music, Family, Business

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.
Lawrence Welk

Famous, Original, Patterns

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.
Lawrence Welk

Trying, Problem, While

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

May, Start, Off

I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places.
Lawrence Welk

Forget, Laugh, Words

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

Life, Father, Brothers

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.
Lawrence Welk

Creative, Genius, Innovator

I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet.
Lawrence Welk

Book, Finished, Buy

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.
Lawrence Welk

Life, Great, Nothing

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

Played, German, Spanish

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.
Lawrence Welk

Nice, Successful, Made

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.
Lawrence Welk

Made, Succeed, Order

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

Almost, Quality, Voice

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

Love, Live, Audience

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

Play, After, Hum

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

Time, Good, Depression

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: March 11, 1908

Died: May 17, 1992

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