Top 104 Quotes & Sayings by Anne Murray
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
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.
When I was going through all the divorce things, that was really hard to discuss, because nobody wants to talk about their failures. Nobody wants to talk about how painful those kinds of things are.
I like to stay active.
I had to sing. I couldn't not sing. If it was singing to a living room full of people or an auditorium, it didn't matter. I had to sing. I was meant to sing.
When I was a kid, it was just a wild dream to think that I would've had a career like this, and I really didn't think that was possible. But things just kind of started to roll, and I was caught up in it, and I went with it.
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 was a real work-horse.
I say 'no' a lot. And if I knew how easy it was to say no, I would have started saying it earlier.
Canadian tours are big and difficult, because of the large spaces between cities.
It is important what you look like, period. So, I grew up and realized, 'Just put on the shoes and wear some nice clothes and forget about it and try to sing well.'
Growing up, I heard nothing but the best music.
Whether or not I considered myself a country singer, when I sang a country song, I was as good as anybody.
I remember when I was doing my first Christmas album, I thought, 'Wouldn't it be nice to find new Christmas songs?' Then I went, 'Are you crazy?' When I decorate my tree I don't want new Christmas songs, I want to hear all the familiar songs!
People who buy my records don't go into music stores - music stores which are fading before our very eyes.
You know what I find truly amazing? I haven't had a hit record since the mid-'80s, and still people show up to pack up the places I'm playing.
I did go to university and I did teach school for a year.
Wind turbines are imposing structures and definitely not the kind of thing one wants to see from a golf course.
Once, I was up north with friends and, after dinner, one lady who was at the table said, 'Would you sing for me?' and I went 'Well, sure.' And the other women are looking and going, 'You never sing for us.' Well, you never ask me.
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!
I wanted Rosemary Clooney to like 'Hey There.'
With my kids I just missed so many things, and that's a regret I have.
There's nothing I hate more than having to cancel shows. In 36 years of performing, I think I've only canceled six times.
The first time I remember going to Nashville was in 1971 back when 'Snowbird' was a hit and I performed at the Grand Ole Opry.
I think people who don't go away to university are missing out on one of the great life experiences. You meet people from so many different places and it's the shared life experience that helps you grow.
I loved the Everly Brothers better than anybody.
I'm always in bare feet.
I devoured everything on the radio, I felt like I knew music.
It's a great time to do a show, at Christmas time. People are by and large in a Christmas frame of mind.
I just love when I'm playing Northumberland and I'm on the back nine and I see the water and the link bridge.
I've always had good songs, it's the great songs that are difficult to find.
When I decided to retire I thought I should align myself with a charity that can use my high profile.
I don't sing songs on albums that I don't like.
Turbines are a curiosity, but only once.
No. I'm not. Nor have I ever been, although I know there are people who thought I was. I do have a lot of women friends, but none of them is gay, nor have they ever been.
I have been told that my voice is very suited to oldies albums.
Suddenly, I was in a category with Barbara Striesand, Olivia Newton John, Donna Summer, Carley Simon - it was kind of neat for me.
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year.
I don't want to look out and perform in front of people who are drunk. I did that when I was playing little clubs.
I do duets with folks like Randy Goodman, Aaron Neville, Bryan Adams, people like that.
But I'm a real Gemini; I'm completely different at home than when I'm on tour.
Nelly Furtado has the right idea in reinventing herself.
People want new faces. And I don't blame them. It's just getting difficult for us oldsters to get anyone to take notice.
I've never been overexposed or in people's faces, although there are some who argue that in the late '70s and early '80s, I was played a lot!
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.
There are a lot of middle of the road artists of the '70s, who aren't being played anyplace. I think it's unfortunate in a way, because it stifles you sort of, you don't get to as many people but I've had a long and wonderful career, I have no complaints.
I've been playing Sunrise for years. I love it there. It's so loosey-goosey. I was up at the Kravis Center and it was, like, 'Oh my God!' All the minkdraggers, you know?
I hated L.A., so spread out, so phony. It's like Vegas. It isn't real.
People are going to a place like Pugwash and that whole area to escape from industry, to have the serenity of the surroundings and the beauty.
It was nice to be home for a change. Nice to be with my husband. Nice to be with the kids. But it's also nice to be touring again.
I have to tell you, I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have golf. That's why I work so hard keeping my core strong.
I don't get played on radio anymore. Once you're over 40, forget it.
You have to be real sharp when you're touring. I'm dull normal at home. So when I come off the road, my kids have to put up with Mom making cracks every five minutes for a couple of days.
When I sing a pop song, I'm a pop singer. When I sing a country song, I'm a country singer. I've been very lucky to cross over, because by doing that, you can't be pigeonholed.
I'm called Anne because my mother, who was devout, prayed to St. Anne every day of her pregnancy with me.
It's hard for performers to grow old gracefully, but I'm trying.
We didn't have the Grand Ole Opry or country radio stations in Nova Scotia when I was growing up.
I want to build a house in Indian Harbour, that's all.
There was a time when I never would have considered, ever, doing television commercials for records. I would never do that. That was something that you did for K-Mart.
A lot of people want to put you in a slot. They want to categorize you. So I fought that, because I liked all different kinds of music.
There's an age group that's just not being entertained - the boomers. There's a void out there. It's nice to be one of those who can fill that void.
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