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Anne Murray Quotes
Anne Murray
Canadian
Musician
Born:
Jun 20
,
1945
Home
Me
Music
People
Time
You
Wind turbines are imposing structures and definitely not the kind of thing one wants to see from a golf course.
Anne Murray
Wind
Definitely
Kind
See
Structures
Course
Imposing
Wants
Golf
Golf Course
Thing
I've never found it any tougher being a woman than a man, but I've always been the boss.
Anne Murray
Man
Woman
Boss
Tougher
Never
Always
Been
Than
Any
Being
Found
I find that touring keeps your voice in great shape.
Anne Murray
Great
Find
Voice
Shape
Touring
Your
Keeps
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.
Anne Murray
Life
Great
You
Experience
People
Go Away
Think
Meet
I Think
Out
Great Life
Life Experience
Life Experiences
Shared
Missing
Go
Different
Experiences
Places
Different Places
Who
Many
Helps
Grow
Away
University
I'm a little more interested in smelling the roses, playing more golf and tennis and more cross-country skiiing and doing stuff with my kids.
Anne Murray
Kids
More
Tennis
Stuff
Smelling
Doing
Golf
Interested
Little
Roses
Playing
I'm always in bare feet.
Anne Murray
Feet
Always
Bare
Bare Feet
All I ever did was the songs I wanted to sing, in the way I wanted to sing them, and when people went crazy about them, it totally surprised me.
Anne Murray
Me
Crazy
People
Way
Totally
About
Songs
Sing
Surprised
Did
Wanted
Them
Ever
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.
Anne Murray
Music
You
People
Different Kinds
Slot
Kinds
Put
Categorize
Liked
Because
Lot
Different
Want
Fought
I hated L.A., so spread out, so phony. It's like Vegas. It isn't real.
Anne Murray
Phony
Out
Hated
Vegas
Like
Real
Spread
People want new faces. And I don't blame them. It's just getting difficult for us oldsters to get anyone to take notice.
Anne Murray
Blame
People
Difficult
Faces
Take
New
New Faces
Get
Getting
Just
Want
Anyone
Them
Us
Notice
I just love when I'm playing Northumberland and I'm on the back nine and I see the water and the link bridge.
Anne Murray
Love
Water
Nine
Back
I See
See
Link
Just
Bridge
Playing
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.
Anne Murray
Work
You
Strong
Tell
Know
Golf
Hard
Why
Keeping
Core
I had to sing 'Snowbird' a lot. But I never tired of it, ever.
Anne Murray
Tired
Never
Had
Sing
Lot
Ever
I didn't have a life. Basically, for 40 years it was my work and my nose was to the grindstone the whole time.
Anne Murray
Life
Work
Time
Years
Nose
Whole
Basically
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.
Anne Murray
You
People
Amazing
Find
Record
Had
Since
Know
Still
Truly
Up
Hit
Hit Record
Pack
Places
Show
Playing
The first hit record is easy compared to the second one. You've got to have two for momentum. If you have three, you're pretty much made. But one isn't enough.
Anne Murray
You
Made
Three
First
Enough
Easy
Record
Pretty
Got
Hit
Hit Record
Much
Momentum
Compared
Second
Two
It's hard for performers to grow old gracefully, but I'm trying.
Anne Murray
Old
Performers
Gracefully
Trying
Hard
Grow
I don't sing as well as I used to. Nor does anyone else in their 60s.
Anne Murray
Else
Sing
Well
Does
Nor
Anyone
Anyone Else
Used
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.
Anne Murray
People
Matter
Singing
Living
Had
Sing
Auditorium
Room
Meant
Full
Living Room
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.
Anne Murray
Those
Kinds
About
Through
Divorce
Nobody
Failures
Talk
Because
How
Discuss
Going
Wants
Really
Hard
Painful
Things
I've always had good songs, it's the great songs that are difficult to find.
Anne Murray
Good
Great
Difficult
Find
Had
Songs
Great Songs
Always
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.
Anne Murray
Age
Nice
Group
Boomers
Those
Out
Entertained
Void
Just
Being
Age Group
Who
Fill
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!
Anne Murray
Christmas
Crazy
You
Remember
Thought
Be Nice
First
Nice
Tree
I Remember
Find
Songs
Remember When
New
Doing
Hear
Familiar
Want
Decorate
Then
Album
Christmas Album
It's a great time to do a show, at Christmas time. People are by and large in a Christmas frame of mind.
Anne Murray
Christmas
Time
Great
People
Mind
Frame
Great Time
Time People
Show
Large
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year.
Anne Murray
Christmas
Year
Favorite
Times
But I'm a real Gemini; I'm completely different at home than when I'm on tour.
Anne Murray
Home
Gemini
Tour
Real
Than
Different
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