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"Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing."
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"I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound."
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"You're gonna have to learn to get out there in front of those cameras and hold your head up. Take charge when you're singing."
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"You put a song on the record or on tape and you stop singing it. You just don't sit around and sing it anymore unless you're performing. That's kind of sad."
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"Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing."
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"When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion."
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"The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument."
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"I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us."
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"Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously."
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"I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway."
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"I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15."
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"I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on."
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"I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like."
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"I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect."
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"Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands."
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"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."
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"I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it."
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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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"On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter."
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"I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career."
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"The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same."
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