When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.

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.

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.

It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.

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 played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German.

If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes.