It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.
Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.
Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure.
My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.
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.
Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.
Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.
You know, it's a long world.
Whenever you have a minute I'd like to see you right now.
This is the best biography by me I have ever read.
When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.
The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music was born.
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.
Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.
Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.