A biography for Anne Murrayhasn’t been written yet.
“When I was a kid, it was just a wild dream to think that I would've had a career like this, and I really didn't think that was possible. But things just kind of started to roll, and I was caught up in it, and I went with it.”
“I don't get played on radio anymore. Once you're over 40, forget it.”
“Growing up, I heard nothing but the best music.”
“Once, I was up north with friends and, after dinner, one lady who was at the table said, 'Would you sing for me?' and I went 'Well, sure.' And the other women are looking and going, 'You never sing for us.' Well, you never ask me.”
“I think people who don't go away to university are missing out on one of the great life experiences. You meet people from so many different places and it's the shared life experience that helps you grow.”
“When I was growing up everybody I knew could sing. I had no choice. I had to sing.”
“I'm the type of personality who just can't settle for less.”
“I devoured everything on the radio, I felt like I knew music.”
“You have to understand that I never thought I would have a career in music. That kind of thing didn't happen. Not for women, not in Canada, not in the 1960s. It was something I did for fun.”
“It's hard for performers to grow old gracefully, but I'm trying.”
“It was nice to be home for a change. Nice to be with my husband. Nice to be with the kids. But it's also nice to be touring again.”
“My parents were into The Mills Brothers, Perry Como, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughn, and all those people sung the most wonderful songs - and even when I got into rock 'n' roll, that stayed with me.”
“I've been playing Sunrise for years. I love it there. It's so loosey-goosey. I was up at the Kravis Center and it was, like, 'Oh my God!' All the minkdraggers, you know?”
“It is important what you look like, period. So, I grew up and realized, 'Just put on the shoes and wear some nice clothes and forget about it and try to sing well.'”
“A lot of people want to put you in a slot. They want to categorize you. So I fought that, because I liked all different kinds of music.”
“None of the boys from my town made it in the N.H.L.”
“I've always had good songs, it's the great songs that are difficult to find.”
“There was a time when I never would have considered, ever, doing television commercials for records. I would never do that. That was something that you did for K-Mart.”
“Baseball was popular in the summer, but hockey was big most of the time. With five brothers, you never escaped it. We had an indoor rink in our town, and all the boys would play on it right through high school.”
“'That's Not The Way It's Supposed To Be' was a good video, but it didn't do anything.”