Difficult Oldsters Quotes by Anne Murray

People want new faces. And I don't blame them. It's just getting difficult for us oldsters to get anyone to take notice.

— Anne Murray

When you play in smaller places with a smaller symphony, sometimes there's a difference in quality. Sometimes it's murderous. Sometimes it's real torture. Other…

— Anne Murray

It's hard for performers to grow old gracefully, but I'm trying.

— Anne Murray

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…

— Anne Murray

No. I'm not. Nor have I ever been, although I know there are people who thought I was. I do have a lot of…

— Anne Murray

Turbines are a curiosity, but only once.

— Anne Murray

A lot of people want to put you in a slot. They want to categorize you. So I fought that, because I liked all…

— Anne Murray

It is important what you look like, period. So, I grew up and realized, 'Just put on the shoes and wear some nice clothes…

— Anne Murray

I've always had good songs, it's the great songs that are difficult to find.

— Anne Murray

What's the first thing I remember about the University of New Brunswick? That's easy. The year before I had gone to Mount St. Vincent…

— Anne Murray

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.

— Anne Murray

I hated L.A., so spread out, so phony. It's like Vegas. It isn't real.

— Anne Murray

People are going to a place like Pugwash and that whole area to escape from industry, to have the serenity of the surroundings and…

— Anne Murray

The first hit record is easy compared to the second one. You've got to have two for momentum. If you have three, you're pretty…

— Anne Murray

I didn't have a life. Basically, for 40 years it was my work and my nose was to the grindstone the whole time.

— Anne Murray