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.

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.

In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it.

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

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

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.

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.