Quotes from Helen Reddy

I think back and marvel that my ambitions were so small.

There is no magic person out there, no perfect human being out there waiting for you.

I did my own music videos, my own TV commercials.

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.

Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago.

Yoga is wonderful. It clears up most health problems. It also gives you an overview.

There is a wealth of twentieth century music that is being re-discovered by a generation that hasn't heard it.

In the '50s, a lot of girls never saw beyond the wedding day.

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.

I'm a very private person, and when I leave the stage, I leave the stage.

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 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.

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.

Most of the people I know in show business don't need anybody pushing them at all. They're extremely aggressive.

Depression, as far as I'm concerned, is just a waste of time.

Three-quarters of the world's population doesn't have enough to eat!

I was very strongly influenced by women's magazines and I really believed tha a woman could not be married and raise a family and have a successful career all at the same time.

I thought Erica Jongs Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that Ive ever read in my life.

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.

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.

I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work.

If you tell people your ambitions, they usually laugh at you. When I told my girlfriends when I was 12 that I was going to Hollywood, they all laughed. And here I am!

My audience is the baby-boomers, the bulk of the population. This is also a group that is being ignored by most record companies because they're not the Top 40 hit singles market. They forget these people still listen to music.

Stop living a day at a time and stop worrying about age.