Quotes from Liza Minnelli

Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond.

Nobody sang better than my mom. That's why I've never even thought of singing for singing sake. I've always thought of a song as an acting piece, as a way to say something.

I love finding talent. Just to encourage people is a good thing. Every night, the audience encourages me. I'm just passing it on.

I'm so grateful for everything that's happened. I love my work. People have such hurdles - I just wanted to perform, and I wanted my parents to be proud, and they were proud.

To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face.

So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world.

Ben Vereen is going to be on the show with me, too.

She raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great-but how to laugh through it.

My mother gave me my drive but my father gave me my dreams.

It was no great tragedy being Judy Garland's daughter. I had tremendously interesting childhood years - except they had little to do with being a child.

I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.

Reality is something you rise above.

But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.

I think that's the greatest gift one can have: point of view. You know? I've come to believe that if you have a bad memory of something, change it.

Well, I'll tell you something, this wedding is something that I will always, always cherish. It was a show of love and support and kindness like I'd never seen from the people, and that's who I entertain. I entertain the people.

I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there.

I thought maybe, just by never preaching, never doing any of that stuff because it doesn't work. By just maybe the power of example and some laughs, maybe somebody might go take a walk.

In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, 'Did he leave a will?' but 'Did he leave a diary?'

I walk fast. Keep moving. Always be a moving target. Marilyn Monroe taught me that.

The male gay community seems to be very into female singers. I think it could be the songs we sing. They're more open with their feelings. And they have good taste!

My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer.

And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me.

I thought that making movies was drab. I'd lived through that. And I didn't want to use my parents, ever... They didn't want to push me into this business.

It's like being an athlete; you get into a certain shape where you really have the right wind, because it's all to do with breath. Because singing and dancing at the same time is not easy!