--- title: "1 Women Canada Quotes By Anne Murray" description: "1 Women Canada quotes by Anne Murray. Plus more from Anne Murray and more Women Canada sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/anne-murray-4995_career_you-have-to-understand-that-i-never-thou_1359933.jpg" --- > [You have to understand that I never thought I would have a career in music. That kind of thing didn't happen. Not for women, not in Canada, not in the 1960s. It was something I did for fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/you-have-to-understand-that-i-never-thought-i-would-have-a-career-in/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/anne-murray-4995_career_you-have-to-understand-that-i-never-thou_1359933.jpg) ## More 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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/people-want-new-faces-and-i-don-t-blame-them-it-s-just-getting/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/when-you-play-in-smaller-places-with-a-smaller-symphony-sometimes/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-murray/) > [It's hard for performers to grow old gracefully, but I'm trying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/it-s-hard-for-performers-to-grow-old-gracefully-but-i-m-trying/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/you-have-to-be-real-sharp-when-you-re-touring-i-m-dull-normal-at-home/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/no-i-m-not-nor-have-i-ever-been-although-i-know-there-are-people-who/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-murray/) > [Turbines are a curiosity, but only once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/turbines-are-a-curiosity-but-only-once/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/a-lot-of-people-want-to-put-you-in-a-slot-they-want-to-categorize-you/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/it-is-important-what-you-look-like-period-so-i-grew-up-and-realized/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-murray/) > [I've always had good songs, it's the great songs that are difficult to find.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/i-ve-always-had-good-songs-it-s-the-great-songs-that-are-difficult-to/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/what-s-the-first-thing-i-remember-about-the-university-of-new/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/i-don-t-want-to-look-out-and-perform-in-front-of-people-who-are-drunk/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-murray/) > [I hated L.A., so spread out, so phony. It's like Vegas. It isn't real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/i-hated-l-a-so-spread-out-so-phony-it-s-like-vegas-it-isn-t-real/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/people-are-going-to-a-place-like-pugwash-and-that-whole-area-to/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/the-first-hit-record-is-easy-compared-to-the-second-one-you-ve-got-to/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/i-didn-t-have-a-life-basically-for-40-years-it-was-my-work-and-my/) [Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-murray/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women-canada/anne-murray/#itemlist", "name": "1 Women Canada Quotes By Anne Murray", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have to understand that I never thought I would have a career in music. That kind of thing didn't happen. Not for women, not in Canada, not in the 1960s. 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