Julie Andrews Quotes

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

I’d like to thank all those who made this possible—especially Jack Warner.

My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.

I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it’s all about.

I don’t want to be thought of as wholesome.

I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was ‘home.’

Behaving like a princess is work. It’s not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It’s more about how you are inside.

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways – water in general, water sounds – there’s music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.

As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually.

And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I’m so happy.

All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can’t bat a thousand all the time.

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.