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
If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am Woman.
Three-quarters of the world’s population doesn’t have enough to eat!
I was very strongly influenced by women's magazines and I really believed tha a woman could not be married and raise a family and have a successful career all at the same time.
I always believed that I could make it or I would never have spent so many years trying to get here.
I am woman, hear me roar.
I did my own music videos, my own TV commercials.
I'm a very private person, and when I leave the stage, I leave the stage.
It took so long to make it in America. The year I arrived was a bad year for women singers, the record company told me. So I starved. I lived in a hotel so dreadful I can't even talk about it.
The most exciting thing about women's liberation is that this century will be able to take advantage of talent and potential genius that have been wasted because of taboos.
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.
[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.