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" You take any job that comes along, and if you're really lucky, the movie takes off. "

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" 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. "

" Singing has never been particularly easy for me. "

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

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

" I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.' "

" 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. "

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

" I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.' "

" 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'm the lucky lady that was asked to be in those wonderful iconic pieces. "

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

" Who would have thought that a story about a professor of phonetics would result in it being probably one of the great shows ever for musical theatre? It's a seemingly odd subject. "

" I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being. "

" 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. "

" You never start out being a star. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing. "

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

" I am an optimistic lady. "

" I really feel very blessed, and I don't forget it, either; there's an awful lot of wonderful talent in this world, and I just seem to be in the right place at the right time. "

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

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

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

" You're always changing your thoughts about things. "

" Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing. "

" Did you ever notice the color of Mary Poppins' petticoats? They were kind of orange and apricot and red. I think she had a secret life going on there. "

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

" I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well. "