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. - SearchQuotes

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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.

Helen Reddy

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