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

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.

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

We really were a very musical family. In spite of the fact that we were so poor when I was a youngster that supper was often just a bowl of bread and milk, Father somehow managed to squeeze out enough pennies to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument too.

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

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

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