#moth

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#ashes #being #disaster #expected #garland

My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#electric #extraordinary #had #her #i

My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#behavior #had #her #horrified #last

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. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#asked #awe #being #daughter #everyone

People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#after #come #every #every time #humor

The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#garland #judy #judy garland #me #memorable

Vincente understood all too well what was happening to Liza; he had gone through it 40 years earlier with my mother. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#gone #had #happening #liza #mother

When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#broke #canceled #feelings #garland #heart

When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#contract #could #independent #kind #mgm

I think it's time to do clean-up for a generation. I believe this is one of the movies that hits home for all colors and all races. Everybody I talk to, black or white, suburban, rich or poor, can relate to rejection, can relate to not having a father or a mother. ↗

— Derek Luke

#black #black or white #colors #everybody #father