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" I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely. "

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" I seem to be very busy, and I seem always to be working. "

" I was a child prodigy who had a freak voice of something like four octaves. "

" 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 was always told I was not pretty enough. "

" 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. "

" I think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does, for awhile, become family. "

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

" I love that President and Mrs. Obama are embracing the arts. I am so delighted. "

" I would be a fool to deny my own abilities. "

" On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter. "

" 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. "

" You'd think, of course, it's about the melody - that's a given. But really, I'm no good at singing a song unless it has a good lyric. "

" Whenever I think of my birthplace, Walton-on-Thames, my reference first and foremost is the river. I love the smell of the river; love its history, its gentleness. I was aware of its presence from my earliest years. Its majesty centered me, calmed me, was a solace to a certain extent. "

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

" I think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it. "

" I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career. "

" 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. "

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

" Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess. "

" I know I probably have a lot of rage in me that I don't show. But I'm not about to wallow in it or reveal it. "

" I do wish somewhere there was a film of our stage production of 'My Fair Lady.' "

" I've made my pact with the Lord for the next lifetime. I would love to be a first-class musician. A super one. "

" Singing has never been particularly easy for me. "

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

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

" I'm not very good with some of the more modern songs that have an awful lot of 'doo wah wahs,' if you know what I mean, because I can't do anything with them. "

" The arts need funding. "

" I was working from a very early age. "

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

" I had a teacher who stressed for me the importance of diction in terms of... I want to be very careful about how I say this... in terms of supporting one's voice when one is singing. In other words, if you hold on to your words, your voice will pull through for you when you're singing. So be true to your vowels. "