My first appearance, the first time I try anything, invariably is not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.

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

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

Sounds always fascinated me.

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.

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

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.