“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.” “One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.” “I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. “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.” “Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor.” “Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.” “One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.” “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.” “Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure.” “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.” I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.” “For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. “When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.” Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument.” “This is the best biography by me I have ever read.” was the place where Champagne Music was born.” “The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. “I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.”
“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.”
“Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.” “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.” Love people, but put your full trust only in God.” “There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.” “Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.”
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