Helen Reddy
Helen Reddy
Helen Maxine Lamond Reddyis an Australian singer, actress, and activist. In the 1970s, she enjoyed international success, especially in the United States, where she placed 15 singles in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Six made the Top 10 and three reached No. 1, including her signature hit "I Am Woman". She is often referred to as the "Queen of '70s Pop"...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth25 October 1941
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
Helen Reddy quotes about
It's so nice to be insane, no one asks you to explain.
It took me a year to really learn the American lingo. I really feel for people who are coming here and don't speak English at all. It must be hell.
My audience are the same people who bought my albums years ago. These people are now married, with their own homes, their own families. If I'm in concert, I get people now who bring their kids.
[On God:] She makes everything possible.
I had a career for 25 years in Australia before I ever came to the United States.
I'm still an embryo with a long long way to go.
Stopping at her house is a neighbor boy with evil on his mind, cause he's been peeking in Angie's room at night through her window blind.
Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago.
To this day I get mail from women who say, I went to law school because of your song. But I would hate to think out of the wide spectrum of things I have done in my career, that's all I would be remembered for.
I think that two people who decide to live together in a marriage situation, they have an obligation to make the marriage work for them.
Sometimes it seems like you and me against the world.
Hindsight is wonderful. It's always very easy to second guess after the fact.
I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.
There is a wealth of twentieth century music that is being re-discovered by a generation that hasnt heard it.