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.

I like clean ladies and nice ladies.

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

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

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.

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

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