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

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.

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

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

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

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

Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.