Quotes from Anne Murray

I was at home, pregnant, and everybody was telling me, 'You're on a roll, don't have another baby, wait a while.' Looking back, I realize my career was peaking when I was having babies, for God's sake!

Retirement isn't what it used to be. It used to be you retired and you disappeared off the face of the Earth. Now you have social media. I keep in touch with all my fans. It's great.

When my son was in his teens, he was a really fine drummer. He was asked in an interview if he would consider going into the business. And he said, 'Why would I ever go into the business that took my mother from me?'

When I decided to retire I thought I should align myself with a charity that can use my high profile.

TV ads let people know you're still around. Not only do they sell albums, they give you a high profile. They let people know you're out there and working.

I'm always in bare feet.

That's the God's truth - I've forgotten that I was famous. I guess it's laughable.

There's no formula for choosing songs. I've beeen lucky over the years. You just hear it and you do it.

Wind turbines are imposing structures and definitely not the kind of thing one wants to see from a golf course.

What's the first thing I remember about the University of New Brunswick? That's easy. The year before I had gone to Mount St. Vincent in Halifax, which was an all girls' school. That didn't really work out for me. But at UNB, there were six or seven men for every woman, which suited me just fine.

I don't call myself any kind of singer. I leave that to other people because there are plenty out there who're quick to do that.

I am a rabid Maple Leaf fan.

I don't get played on radio anymore. Once you're over 40, forget it.

I do duets with folks like Randy Goodman, Aaron Neville, Bryan Adams, people like that.

My parents were into The Mills Brothers, Perry Como, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughn, and all those people sung the most wonderful songs - and even when I got into rock 'n' roll, that stayed with me.

Late in my career, I was asked to do an inspirational record and a duets album and I didn't want to do either.

I want to build a house in Indian Harbour, that's all.

Nelly Furtado has the right idea in reinventing herself.

I wanted Rosemary Clooney to like 'Hey There.'

It's a great time to do a show, at Christmas time. People are by and large in a Christmas frame of mind.

With my kids I just missed so many things, and that's a regret I have.

I learned all I have to do is sing the best music I know how and put on the best show I know how and just relax with it and people enjoy it.

When you play in smaller places with a smaller symphony, sometimes there's a difference in quality. Sometimes it's murderous. Sometimes it's real torture. Other times, you get a wonderful surprise. But there's never a dull moment.

I've never found it any tougher being a woman than a man, but I've always been the boss.