Julie Andrews

I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.

I didn't know other children from divorced families, and I was a bit of a lost soul for a while. Then suddenly, I was performing. And it gave me an identity.

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.

Marriage is the hardest work you're ever going to do.

I'd love to have a really flourishing vegetable garden, and I'd love to have a better area for a rose garden or a cutting garden, but I don't. You have to develop a garden in the way that it's meant to be developed.

I love to prune my roses. That's the one thing I really feel I do pretty well. Other things I usually, because I travel so much, leave to my gardeners who know what I love. But I do love to prune them, because you forget everything else. It's like if you're a painter, you can forget everything else while you're doing it.

I love that President and Mrs. Obama are embracing the arts. I am so delighted.

I've made my pact with the Lord for the next lifetime. I would love to be a first-class musician. A super one.

I love my garden. I love my privacy. I'm very fierce about it. I try not to let too many people into my home. That's my private place.

Whenever I think of my birthplace, Walton-on-Thames, my reference first and foremost is the river. I love the smell of the river; love its history, its gentleness. I was aware of its presence from my earliest years. Its majesty centered me, calmed me, was a solace to a certain extent.

I like - I actually love classical music very much.

When I've least expected it, an enormous opportunity or stroke of luck has crossed right under my nose. So I tell everybody, if you're passionate about what you do and you love it, do it. But do your homework. Because you'll never know when the opportunity is going to happen.