Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows. – Lorna Luft
To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits. – Lorna Luft
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
When I got a call from Los Angeles to do the Tonight Show, I considered it more of an inconvenience than an opportunity. – Lorna Luft
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
People are always asking me what it’s like to be Judy Garland’s daughter. It’s hard to be a legend’s child. – Lorna Luft
I have spent much of my adult life flinching with pain as I tried to pull out the threads that bound the shadows of my past to me. – Lorna Luft
Even at al my mother’s concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles. – Lorna Luft
The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn’t feel dressed without them. – Lorna Luft
When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest. – Lorna Luft
My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland. – Lorna Luft
When you’re Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody. – Lorna Luft
The world fell apart. Sirhan Sirhan shot Bobby Kennedy. Why were people shooting all the Kennedys? Had the country gone mad? – Lorna Luft
