I met musician Ken Farmer in Lorne and he lent me all of his Bessie Smith blues LPs. That's when I started to sing. — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
My role models came in my imagination, from what I'd heard on the radio or on record... Vera Lynn I loved, but I'd only ever heard her on the radio. Gospel singers, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson. So it was in… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
As it turns out, I can see I'm quite a business-minded person as I've developed. — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
You sort of feel when you are given an award, you feel like, well then you have got to do something to deserve having… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
We wanted to be ourselves, to sing and speak with our own accent and it was fantastic that we were not asked to change. — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
One of the reasons we had our reunion tours in the '90s was the unexpectedness of how the music had gone, that these songs… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
Everything in life happens for a reason and it's important to embrace it. — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
In 1990 I had a nasty car accident and in 1994 my husband Ron Edgeworth died of motor neurone disease. — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
