Quotes by Judy Garland

“I wanted to believe, and I tried my damnedest to believe, in the rainbow I tried to get over, and I couldn't! … So what? Lots of people can't!”

“As for my feelings toward Over the Rainbow, it's become part of my life. It is so symbolic of all dreams and wishes that I'm sure that's why people sometimes get tears in their eyes when they hear it.”

“I wish you would mention the joy she had for life, that’s what she gave me. If she was the tragic figure they say she was, I would be a wreck, wouldn't I? It was her love of life that carried her t...”

“Liza Minelli said she can't sing well enough those special songs of her late mother, Judy Garland, so she doesn't sing them at all. The award-winning entertainer said she'd rather present a first-r...”

“I couldn't sing Mama's special songs. I couldn't do them as well. I would rather present a first-rate version of myself than a second-rate version of Mama.”

“I don't sing them because I couldn't sing them as well as she did. I'd rather be a first-rate version of myself than a second-rate version of anybody.”

“I'm carrying on a tradition. But I'd rather be a first-rate version of myself than a second-rate version of somebody else. I'm proud of my parents, and the only way that I can prove it to them is t...”

“It really scared me to do what Mom did because I never did anything that she did. I promised her that I would never sing her songs, and I kept my promise. You sing them better than anybody. I don't...”

“My mother once told me never be a second-rate version of somebody else when you can be a first-rate version of yourself.”

“My mom was a phoenix who always expected to rise again from the ashes of her latest disaster. And in spite of her self-doubts, she had a very strong sense of who she was. She had a sense of self-wo...”

“I really hadn't intended on becoming a professional musician, but that isn't to say that I didn't have the dreams of being a Judy Garland in some sort of wonderful musical where this music came out...”