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

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" I was raised never to carp about things and never to moan, because in vaudeville, which is my background, you just got on with it through all kinds of adversities. "

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

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

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

" 'Simeon's Gift' is really - it's about a musician who - in the Middle Ages, who goes out to find his muse. "

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

" Singing has never been particularly easy for me. "

" I do get a lot of gifts. I get a lot of things to sign, too. People do collect the memorabilia. Between 'Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music,' there were beautiful plates that they made, and I've signed a lot of them. "

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

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

" My mum gave me pretty good genes in that department. She had gorgeous skin. That good English complexion. She never seemed to have a blemish that I knew of. "

" I am thrilled to be dame. It's one of those - the fact that you have been honored by your country is what it's all about, and it just feels good right there. "

" As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually. "

" I hate the word wholesome. "

" And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy. "

" I've always admired gardens. My father was a great nature lover and would always take me for walks. We lived not too far away from huge rhododendron estates and azalea estates, and when they're in bloom in England, they're just riotous. "

" I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like. "

" I've got a good right hook. "

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

" I'm never sure one is exactly ready. You jump in, with both feet, into a very big fish pond. "

" The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs. "

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

" I'm beginning to think that I like the behind-the-scenes work as much as I do in front of the camera as I get a little bit older. "

" I do not knock 'Poppins' or 'The Sound of Music.' They gave me pleasure, and I know they've given a lot of people enormous pleasure. "

" You just don't know in life. Life knocks you about and pushes you over boundaries. But be ready. Do your homework; that's all I can say. "

" One of our books has been made into a musical, 'The Great American Mousical,' which I directed at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. And another, 'Simeon's Gift,' has been adapted for a symphony orchestra and five performers. I'm also a very proud member of the board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. "

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

" In my life, it would probably be giving birth to my daughter. That probably is the most, the thing that moved me the most, was the most memorable, the most wonderful, the most miraculous. I think a lot of women would probably feel that way, too. "

" I'd say just go with the flow. And I take my hat off to any mother out there who works full-time and raises a family as well. It's hard work. "