A biography for Julie Andrewshasn’t been written yet.
“By nature, I really am a fairly bouncy and sunny individual.”
“Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.”
“The arts need funding.”
“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.”
“Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.'”
“I've long wanted to introduce children to the wonder of the arts.”
“I was a child prodigy who had a freak voice of something like four octaves.”
“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.”
“I'd say almost that words come first, melody second.”
“A lot of films seem to go to the lowest common denominator.”
“I'm just honored that some of my little contributions I've written with my daughter are doing well.”
“I'd say just go with the flow. And I take my hat off to any mother out there who works full-time and raises a family as well. It's hard work.”
“I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own mum, but nobody teaches you how to be a really great mum.”
“'Simeon's Gift' is really - it's about a musician who - in the Middle Ages, who goes out to find his muse.”
“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.”
“I was working from a very early age.”
“I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.'”
“Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess.”
“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 miss singing with an orchestra because that's the most uplifting thing that I ever knew. It is just such a fabulous feeling.”