Lawrence Welk Quotes

Quotes about:

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

Lawrence Welk

Funny Life, Good Day, Bad Day

"Emmy, Vol. 9", published by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, 1987.

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

Lawrence Welk

Blessing, Years, Lasts

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

47 Copy quote
Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.

Lawrence Welk

Love, Trust, God

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1971). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”, Prentice Hall Direct

26 Copy quote
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

Desire, Improvement, Kind

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

8 Copy quote
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

Dream, Speak English, Lessons

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1971). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”, Prentice Hall Direct

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

Lawrence Welk

Music, Orchestra, Shampoo

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

16 Copy quote
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

Jobs, Work, Trying

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1971). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”, Prentice Hall Direct

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

Lawrence Welk

Biographies

7 Copy quote
To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable - this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled.

Lawrence Welk

Joy, Use, Able

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

8 Copy quote
We really were a very musical family. In spite of the fact that we were so poor when I was a youngster that supper was often just a bowl of bread and milk, Father somehow managed to squeeze out enough pennies to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument too.

Lawrence Welk

Father, Musical, Pumps

"Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk".

5 Copy quote
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

Country, Parent, Unions

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

8 Copy quote
Boys, if you don't stick together, how do you expect me to follow you-ah?

Lawrence Welk

Boys, Together, Sticks

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

Lawrence Welk

Talking, Down And, Conversation

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

7 Copy quote
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, Thinking, Finished

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

Lawrence Welk

Despair, Moments, Curious

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

8 Copy quote
I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.

Lawrence Welk

Brother, Father, Farmers

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1971). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”, Prentice Hall Direct

11 Copy quote
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, Sound, Bottles

8 Copy quote
On the stage of the Italian Terrace Room in the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1938 ... the place where Champagne Music was born.

Lawrence Welk

Music, Pittsburgh, Hospitality

"Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk".

7 Copy quote
My first appearance, the first time I try anything, invariably is not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.

Lawrence Welk

Successful, Trying, Firsts

"Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk".

4 Copy quote
By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.

Lawrence Welk

Business, Years, People

4 Copy quote
I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion.

Lawrence Welk

Real, People, Musician

"Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk".

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

Lawrence Welk

Music, Home, Joy

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

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

Lawrence Welk

Talking, Accents, Conversation

7 Copy quote
I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places.

Lawrence Welk

Laughing, Lines, Forget

Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

7 Copy quote
If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience.

Lawrence Welk

Planning, Performing, Audience

4 Copy quote

You May Also Like:

Liberace

Dick Dale

Lawrence Welk

Follow

Born: March 11, 1903
Died: May 17, 1992
Occupation: Musician
Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics