Quotes from Julie Andrews

I'm resilient, and I'm professional.

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.

Actually, what I did, because I couldn't make sense of it, and I have to have lyrics that make sense, I decided the best way to sing 'I Have Confidence' was to go completely nuts with panic and fear.

Almost every morning when I go to the studio to work, I discover a fresh rose in the bud vase on my dressing table... one living and vital thing in a dusty arena of powder and tissue and matches and greasepaint.

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 was a child prodigy who had a freak voice of something like four octaves.

I'm not very good with some of the more modern songs that have an awful lot of 'doo wah wahs,' if you know what I mean, because I can't do anything with them.

I really feel very blessed, and I don't forget it, either; there's an awful lot of wonderful talent in this world, and I just seem to be in the right place at the right time.

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 always admired gardens. My father was a great nature lover and would always take me for walks. We lived not too far away from huge rhododendron estates and azalea estates, and when they're in bloom in England, they're just riotous.

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.

By nature, I really am a fairly bouncy and sunny individual.

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'm the lucky lady that was asked to be in those wonderful iconic pieces.

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.

I seem to be very busy, and I seem always to be working.

Actually, I had a lot of good people with me - my mother's sister did a lot of taking care of me, and I suppose I got more attention than my stepbrothers because at least I got to travel with my parents.

Not everyone believes that I'm a fairy princess, but the sparkle I feel inside tells me that it's true.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th time.

A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.

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.

Dear Lady Gaga , thank you for the wonderful tribute. Oh my god, it really warmed my heart!