Judy Garland Quotes

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them. — Judy Garland

I was born in a lovely white house with a garden. — Judy Garland

Judy Garland had this wonderful spontaneity that you just don't see anymore. She was such a witty, witty woman. And when you listen to her on ... — Charles Busch

When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it. — Lorna Luft

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. — Judy Garland

Remember Judy Garland? She retired 40 times. — Willard Scott

It's lonely and cold on the top ... lonely and cold. — Judy Garland

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland. — Lorna Luft

Depending on her mood, Judy Garland can still be more frightening than any demon or devil you might run across. — Chuck Palahniuk

On daughter Liza Minnelli: I think she decided to go into show business when she was an embryo, she kicked so much. — Judy Garland

If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely? — Judy Garland

I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back. — Judy Garland

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot. — Judy Garland

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else. — Judy Garland

What do Judy Garland and Lady Gaga have in common? — Elijah

Judy Garland is a singer with a capital S. And talk about soul. This woman was soul personified. Judy Garland is a class by herself. — Aretha Franklin

If you have to be in a soap opera try not to get the worst role. — Judy Garland

Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh, why can't I? — Judy Garland

I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course. — Tammy Blanchard

I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis. — Julie Andrews

Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy Garland. — Imelda May

She was the Judy Garland of American poetry. — James Dickey

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys. — Mel Torme

A pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz have been stolen. The thief is described as being armed and fabulous. — David Letterman

Behind every cloud is another cloud. — Judy Garland

I think there's something peculiar about me that I haven't died. It doesn't make sense but I refuse to die. — Judy Garland

I'm just an Irish biddy. — Judy Garland

My father's death was the most terrible thing that happened to me in my life. — Judy Garland

People en masse have always been wonderful to me. I truly have a great love for an audience ... I want to give them two hours of just pow. — Judy Garland

No-one will ever sound as good as Judy Garland as far as I am concerned. — Tony Bennett

I can live without money, but I cannot live without love. — Judy Garland

The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage. — Lorna Luft

Velveeta: you can eat it - or wax your car with it! — Judy Garland

I'm the original take-orders girl. — Judy Garland

How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child. — Judy Garland

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. — Judy Garland

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you. — Judy Garland

Imagining [The Wizard of Oz] without Judy Garland is a bit like dancing on wet cement: you can do it, but why would you want to? — Pauline Kael

People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child. — Lorna Luft

Well, I was obsessed with Judy Garland growing up. Like, obsessed. — Aubrey Plaza

There have been a lot of stories written about me, some of them fantastically distorted. — Judy Garland

Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous. — Judy Davis

The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart. — Judy Garland

As a newcomer, you know, you don't come out the gate as a singer and try to compare with Judy Garland. — Allison Tolman

I've been in love with audiences all my life, and I've tried to please. I hope I did. — Judy Garland

I always loved to sing and was very, very loud. I wanted to be a movie star, like Judy Garland. — Jenny Slate

Never be a second-rate version of someone else, be a first-rate version of yourself — Judy Garland

In our house, the word of Louis B. Mayer became the law. — Judy Garland

I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor. — Judy Garland

I think that I have every right to write a book. I think I'm interesting. I have perspective about me. — Judy Garland

Hollywood is a strange place if you're in trouble. Everybody thinks it's contagious. — Judy Garland

Audiences have kept me alive. — Judy Garland

Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice. — Sarah Vaughan

My life, my career has been like a roller coaster. I've either been an enormous success or just a down-and-out failure. — Judy Garland

I love Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey. — Karine Vanasse

He gave me a look at myself I've never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it. — Judy Garland

I'm a woman who wants to reach out and take 40 million people in her arms. — Judy Garland

My mother had a marvelous talent for mishandling money - mine. — Judy Garland

When I die I have visions of fags singing 'Over the Rainbow' and the flag at Fire Island being flown at half mast. — Judy Garland

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people. — Judy Garland

Normal" women were rare, unless one considered Judy Garland a normal woman. — William Stadiem

When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody. — Lorna Luft

There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life ... I think I must have been crying for some attention. — Judy Garland