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

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

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.

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

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.

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.

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