Occupation: Singer Birth: March 12, 1940 Death: February 12, 2017
My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time, and there were these big bay w….
Once you discover that you can, then you must..
I'm walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal..
Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful..
To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about. If it's somebody else's lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, i….
I think a singer is an athlete. I've always tried to stay fit. Until my knee said, "Uh-uh," I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don't like wa….
I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee. I can sing some polkas. And proud of that..
Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it's not easy. You have to take direct steps. You really have to count your blessings and you have….
Every day is Thanksgiving.On this stage you're going to hear God and none of them other words, and I ain't going to touch my stuff..
I don't know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer. Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago..
I would still be singing, because it's part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up. Find something you would do for free..
My dad graduated seminary there, and so did (sounds like) Mark Kimball's grandfather. They sang in a quartet together, my dad and Mark Kimball's gran….
I kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room, and I was listeni….
These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles. The ones th….
I was age six or seven, and singing, "Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him," and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood ves….
I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio o….
I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money to buy a new piano in our little church..
I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I heard that music, and it ….
I discovered is that I have a couple of valves that were leaky and had been giving, gave me a problem then. But I hadn't noticed anything up until th….
Let that get you up in the morning and put the light in your eyes. I'm telling you, it makes you a better husband, mother, father, neighbor, citizen,….
That's the way I try to live. I think it's the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is….