Maureen McGovern Quotations

Of course I'm glad I've become known for other things, but I'm not ashamed of my past. I look back on those times as being very exciting for me as a performer and, in fact, I still sing some of those songs today.

For years, people kept saying to me, 'You have such a big voice, you should go into theater.' I was an extremely shy performer and I had never done any theater, not even a high school play,

I didn't know to be as terrified as I should have been, ... I was sort of sent to the edge and told to jump off.

Sometimes I've been to cryin' for unborn children That might have made me complete But I, I took the sweet life and never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that cost too much to be free Hey lady, I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me

I've been to paradise. But I've never been to me.

The gypsy in my soul is living on the road again, ... When I first started my career, I was on the road for about five or six years straight, not living anywhere. Thirty-three years later, I`ve come full circle.

To me, singing is basically a form of prayer. I get this great joy when I`m singing - whatever I`m singing. I missed it when I left it.