Howard Keel Quotations

The only way to enjoy golf is to be a masochist. Go out and beat yourself to death.

It was a fine cast and lots of fun to make, but they did the damn thing on the cheap. The backdrops had holes in them, and it was shot on the worst film stock.

Dallas was enormous. I couldn't believe it. My life changed. From being out of it, I was suddenly a star, known to more people than ever before.

When I found out that I could carry a tune, well, I came to realize that I had a gift, that it was a kind of a blessing. And I think if you're given something special, you ought to try and give that something back. If you don't, it's a sin. No question.

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.

As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra.

I got a job as an auto mechanic, and I would have stayed in that narrow kind of life if I hadn't discovered art. Music changed me completely.