Quotes from Julie Andrews

There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is an orator of any kind - lawyers who have to speak in court or pastors or anyone who has a lot of stress on their vocal cords: You should do the maintenance. You should do whatever it takes to feel fresh and good.

I didn't know other children from divorced families, and I was a bit of a lost soul for a while. Then suddenly, I was performing. And it gave me an identity.

I've made my pact with the Lord for the next lifetime. I would love to be a first-class musician. A super one.

I wouldn't mind that as my epitaph.

Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever.

Where the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.

Success is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, 'God, wasn't it wonderful.'

Books make great gifts because they're everybody's favorite things.

I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.

Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves.

I grew up knowing only war, so for me, it was the way things were. It wasn't pleasant by any means.

I like - I actually love classical music very much.