A biography for Helen Reddyhasn’t been written yet.
“I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being a performer on my own until I was 12 or 13.”
“I don't know if it's a sign of all the chaos that is happening out there or not, but I've lately craved the structure and order of classical music, the balance and symmetry.”
“I think that two people who decide to live together in a marriage situation, they have an obligation to make the marriage work for them.”
“Stop living a day at a time and stop worrying about age.”
“If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am Woman.”
“In the '50s, a lot of girls never saw beyond the wedding day.”
“Depression, as far as I'm concerned, is just a waste of time.”
“It took me a year to really learn the American lingo. I really feel for people who are coming here and don't speak English at all. It must be hell.”
“To this day I get mail from women who say, I went to law school because of your song. But I would hate to think out of the wide spectrum of things I have done in my career, that's all I would be remembered for.”
“Women today have more of an overview of their lives and how marriage is or is not a part of it.”
“There is a wealth of twentieth century music that is being re-discovered by a generation that hasn't heard it.”
“Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago.”
“I thought Erica Jong's Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that I've ever read in my life.”
“I wanted control over the merchandising, the actual packaging of the product. That was a big factor. The only way for me to exercise control on all those levels was to start my own label.”
“I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend.”
“Hindsight is wonderful. It's always very easy to second guess after the fact.”
“I like music to soothe me.”
“I believe wholeheartedly in marriage. I don't exclusively mean a marriage with a legal contract, but any relationship that constitutes a marriage because of the quality of their relationship.”
“Most of the people I know in show business don't need anybody pushing them at all. They're extremely aggressive.”
“A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.”