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" I did a lot of touring in my youth, and I learnt very quickly that giving is what it's all about. It's about the gift of making an audience feel great and forget their cares, if only for a few hours. "

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" Touring itself - and I was very young, and a lot of it I did by myself - it's lonely, but it does give you some kind of spine, I think. It does give you some kind of grit. "

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" I've always seen the cup as half-full. "

" Programs that bring the arts to young kids are always the first to be cut. It's mind-boggling to me. "

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" Almost every morning when I go to the studio to work, I discover a fresh rose in the bud vase on my dressing table... one living and vital thing in a dusty arena of powder and tissue and matches and greasepaint. "

" Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. "

" Marriage is the hardest work you're ever going to do. "

" I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own mum, but nobody teaches you how to be a really great mum. "

" My voice needed oiling, and then it took off. "

" All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time. "

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" I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis. "

" I had a lot of learning on my feet. "

" In my early years, I was much too ignorant and didn't realize how desperately important it all is, how really important the lyrics are. And for me as a singer, I am a lady who takes the lyrics first. "

" Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it. "

" The loveliest roles, for me, have a growth arc - a beginning, a middle, and an end - and I'm always grateful when I can find one of those emotional journeys. "

" I don't want to be thought of as wholesome. "

" You can't bring the arts too soon to kids. "

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" Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. "

" I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. "

" When you are traveling in vaudeville, you experience so many different kinds of audiences, depending on what time of the week it is, how long the pubs have been open, and things like that. "

" I'm just honored that some of my little contributions I've written with my daughter are doing well. "

" All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. "

" How dare one act like a diva when you have a lot of work to do and you need to find your disciplines and so on? "

" I had no education whatsoever, and my mother said, 'Oh, you'll get a much better education in life.' I did to some extent, though I always wish I could have tried it. "

" My parents were in Vaudeville, in musical. And I would tour with them and had a couple of wonderfully lucky breaks in England. "

" I'd say almost that words come first, melody second. "

" I think any director is intimidating. "

" Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside. "

" I miss singing with an orchestra because that's the most uplifting thing that I ever knew. It is just such a fabulous feeling. "

" The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same. "