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

I like clean ladies and nice ladies.

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

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

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 time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

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