Age Quote by Mario Cantone

Well, I was obsessed with Judy Garland growing up. Like, obsessed.

— Aubrey Plaza

My mother was majorly into musical theatre - that's how this happened. That's how I became the gayest person in the world.

— Randy Rainbow

I was a weird kid. I should've been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I don't know why I'm not…

— Frank Oz

Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some…

— Judy Davis

If I were gay, why wouldn't I admit it? Plenty of people in the record industry are gay, and my mother wouldn't freak out.

— Simon Cowell

I believe that Judy Garland's artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: 'oh, she brought so much of her life to her…

— Bette Midler

My mother encouraged me and was very great about me being gay, but she always encouraged me to follow my musical dreams, which I'm…

— Elton John

“...I bet that Judy Garland would 'ave snapped out of it if she'd 'ad me in 'er ear and not all those poofs telling…

— Robert Bryndza

The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang…

— Lorna Luft

My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it's a very different thing coming out to…

— Boy George

When I grew up, there were no songs about gay people.

— Melissa Etheridge

I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me…

— Nate Berkus