Anne Murray

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. ”

I've always had a quiet career. ”

Late in my career, I was asked to do an inspirational record and a duets album and I didn't want to do either. ”

When I was a kid, it was just a wild dream to think that I would've had a career like this, and I really didn't think that was possible. But things just kind of started to roll, and I was caught up in it, and I went with it. ”

You know what I find truly amazing? I haven't had a hit record since the mid-'80s, and still people show up to pack up the places I'm playing. ”

Canadian tours are big and difficult, because of the large spaces between cities. ”

Nelly Furtado has the right idea in reinventing herself. ”

As far as k. d. lang is concerned, she grew up devouring my music. She sent me a song when she was 8 years old, and she says I never wrote back. ”

I'm a little more interested in smelling the roses, playing more golf and tennis and more cross-country skiiing and doing stuff with my kids. ”

My kids suffered because I wasn't home enough. ”