Helen Reddy Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“If you had told me when I was 18 that I wouldn't have made it until I was 29, I would have said, Forget it.”

“Most of the people I know in show business don't need anybody pushing them at all. They're extremely aggressive.”

“Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago.”

“There is a wealth of twentieth century music that is being re-discovered by a generation that hasn't heard it.”

“Three-quarters of the world's population doesn't have enough to eat!”

“Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.”

“I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.”

“I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being a performer on my own until I was 12 or 13.”

“I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and had the hand come under the stall with a paper and pen. That sort of thing anybody can live without.”

“If you tell people your ambitions, they usually laugh at you. When I told my girlfriends when I was 12 that I was going to Hollywood, they all laughed. And here I am!”