Quotes by Lawrence Welk

If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us.
– Lawrence Welk
It's the first time I ever got a standing ovation in the sky.
– Lawrence Welk
We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument.
– Lawrence Welk
The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music was born.
– Lawrence Welk
One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.
– Lawrence Welk
Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.
– Lawrence Welk
Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure.
– Lawrence Welk
If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.
– Lawrence Welk
Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.
– Lawrence Welk
Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.
– Lawrence Welk
By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.
– Lawrence Welk