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.

Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

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

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

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

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.

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.

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

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.

I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me.

There is only one religion - it is a way a man dies.

God is the Lord of lords.

Start each action with overwhelming positivity enthusiasm and each action will be overwhelmingly successful.

Life is just full of disordered pieces of unachieved plans without solitude.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

First law of gossip - there's no point knowing something if somebody else doesn't know you know it.

Eloquence is the child of knowledge.

The intellect is a cleaver; it discerns and rifts its way into the secrets of things.

Thank you Dad... for listening and caring, for giving and sharing, but, especially, for just being you! Happy Birthday to you

I live in a world where there's magazines and blogs, and people feel like they are allowed to criticize me, and in the meanest way.