111 Quotes by Anne Murray

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 don't want to look out and perform in front of people who are drunk. I did that when I was playing little clubs.

My kids suffered because I wasn't home enough.

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.

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 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!

If I can still sing and still perform to my satisfaction, I don't mind touring.

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

I worked all the time and when I say that, I mean I would work for three weeks, come home for a month, and work again, but it would have been nice to take long chunks of time off.