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“I don't sing as well as I used to. Nor does anyone else in their 60s.”
“I remember when I was doing my first Christmas album, I thought, 'Wouldn't it be nice to find new Christmas songs?' Then I went, 'Are you crazy?' When I decorate my tree I don't want new Christmas songs, I want to hear all the familiar songs!”
“I don't want to look out and perform in front of people who are drunk. I did that when I was playing little clubs.”
“When I was going through all the divorce things, that was really hard to discuss, because nobody wants to talk about their failures. Nobody wants to talk about how painful those kinds of things are.”
“My kids suffered because I wasn't home enough.”
“People who buy my records don't go into music stores - music stores which are fading before our very eyes.”
“I have been told that my voice is very suited to oldies albums.”
“Wind turbines are imposing structures and definitely not the kind of thing one wants to see from a golf course.”
“With my kids I just missed so many things, and that's a regret I have.”
“What's the first thing I remember about the University of New Brunswick? That's easy. The year before I had gone to Mount St. Vincent in Halifax, which was an all girls' school. That didn't really work out for me. But at UNB, there were six or seven men for every woman, which suited me just fine.”
“You have to be real sharp when you're touring. I'm dull normal at home. So when I come off the road, my kids have to put up with Mom making cracks every five minutes for a couple of days.”
“There are a lot of middle of the road artists of the '70s, who aren't being played anyplace. I think it's unfortunate in a way, because it stifles you sort of, you don't get to as many people but I've had a long and wonderful career, I have no complaints.”
“I hated L.A., so spread out, so phony. It's like Vegas. It isn't real.”
“People are going to a place like Pugwash and that whole area to escape from industry, to have the serenity of the surroundings and the beauty.”
“I have to tell you, I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have golf. That's why I work so hard keeping my core strong.”
“Strings have been a part of my career and my albums since the very first day. 'Snowbird' had beautiful strings.”
“I was at home, pregnant, and everybody was telling me, 'You're on a roll, don't have another baby, wait a while.' Looking back, I realize my career was peaking when I was having babies, for God's sake!”
“I was a real rock 'n' roll fan.”
“I wanted Rosemary Clooney to like 'Hey There.'”
“Turbines are a curiosity, but only once.”