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

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

I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places.

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.

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

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.

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.