Lorna Luft

The high point of my entire junior high school career was going backstage to meet George Harrison. I was simply awestruck.

My sister Liza and I have never felt that we were in competition.

When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it.

When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.

Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.

One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms.

I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.

My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences.

To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits.

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

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland.

My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.