You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.
JUDY GARLANDYou are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.
JUDY GARLANDIf I’m such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you’ve got somebody around who loves you.
JUDY GARLANDThere have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life… I think I must have been crying for some attention.
JUDY GARLANDAudiences have kept me alive.
JUDY GARLANDHow strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child.
JUDY GARLANDTwas not my lips you kissed but my soul.
JUDY GARLANDPeople en masse have always been wonderful to me. I truly have a great love for an audience. I want to give them two hours of just pow.
JUDY GARLANDHollywood is a strange place if you’re in trouble. Everybody thinks it’s contagious.
JUDY GARLANDBehind every cloud is another cloud.
JUDY GARLANDAs 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.
JUDY GARLANDIf I’m such a legend, then why am I so lonely? If I’m such a legend, then why do I sit at home for hours staring at the damned telephone, hoping it’s out of order, even calling the operator asking her if she’s sure it’s not out of order?
JUDY GARLANDTo let a fool kiss you is bad. To let a kiss fool you is worse. ‘Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.
JUDY GARLANDI was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.
JUDY GARLANDI’ve seen the ticket, and I still can’t believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don’t hit the floor.
JUDY GARLANDI think there’s something peculiar about me that I haven’t died. It doesn’t make sense but I refuse to die.
JUDY GARLANDI’ve always taken ‘The Wizard of Oz’ very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I’ve spent my entire life trying to get over it.
JUDY GARLAND