My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.

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

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

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

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

Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor.

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