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.

I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet.

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.

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

I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.

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.

Sounds always fascinated me.