I Had Grown Up Accustomed

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 Understand Wanting To Do Your Craft. I Understand Wanting To Have A Passion For Your Art And For Your Ability To Be An Actor, To Be A Singer, To Be A Dancer - That I Understand. Wanting To Be Famous - I Don't Get That. But That's Where We're Living Right Now.

My Feeling About Young People Who Want To Pursue A Career Is - The First Thing Is Do Your Homework On Where It All Started. Go Back And Look At History. Look At Why The Shows You Are Loving Today Happened And The Artists You Are Listening To Happened. And Do Your Homework On History. Whether It's Musical Movies, Musical Plays, Broadway Musical Recordings - Do Your Homework! And Then, That Way You Will Have An Understanding Of Why, Now, Certain Movies, Certain Plays, Certain Musicals Are Making Some Sort Of Sense.

I Think That When You're In Your Twenties You Think About Your Future, When You're In Your Thirties You're Raising Kids And You Think About Their Future, But When You Get To A Time When You Are Diagnosed With Any Kind Of Life Altering Illness, What Did You Take Away From It? And What I Took Away From It Was How To Live In The "now".

I Was Born In A Blender.