Judy Garland

Hollywood is a strange place if you're in trouble. Everybody thinks it's contagious.

I was born at the age of 12 on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.

I wanted to believe and I tried my damndest to believe in the rainbow that I tried to get over and couldn't. So what? Lots of people can't...

As for my feelings toward 'Over the Rainbow,' it's become part of my life. It is so symbolic of all my dreams and wishes that I'm sure that's why people sometimes get tears in their eyes when they hear it.

Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.