72+ Olivia Newton-John Quotes On Friendship, Johnny Carson And Glee

Olivia Newton-John is an English-Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and activist. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five number-one and ten other top ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, and two number-one Billboard 200 solo albums. She is best known for her starring role in the musical film Grease and her iconic song "Physical". Following is our collection on famous quotes by Olivia Newton-John on love, life, friendship.

Top 10 Olivia Newton-John Quotes

1. I don't know what my path is yet. I'm just walking on it.
2. Cancer got me over unimportant fears, like getting old.
3. My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.
4. Family, nature and health all go together.
5. My biggest mistake was my best lesson... you don't learn anything when everything is going perfectly.
6. To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.
7. I love that quiet time when nobody's up and the animals are all happy to see me.
8. Fight each round take it on the chin. And never never never ever give in.
9. I look at my cancer journey as a gift: It made me slow down and realisethe important things in life and taught me to not sweat the small stuff.
10. I believe love is what makes the world go round. No matter how old or young, love is why we are here. It is the very essence of one's being.

Olivia Newton-John Short Quotes

• I live every day to its fullest extent and I don't sweat the small stuff.
• I do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself.
• Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.
• Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think.
• My memories are inside me - they're not things or a place - I can take them anywhere.
• A lot of songs are inspiration and help people through pain, grief and loss.
• My wish is that all all women age 20 and above perform monthly breast self-examinations.
• I'm happy, and I think being happy keeps you looking young.
• I feel so fortunate and grateful to be a survivor of breast cancer. I see it as a gift.
• I have really been blessed in my career with some wonderful songwriters and in turn, songs.

Olivia Newton-John Quotes About Love

I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore. — Olivia Newton-John

For me I have learned to enjoy everything, especially performing live, so much more. I used to get horrible stage fright when I was younger and today and just love to sing for anyone who still turns up at my shows! — Olivia Newton-John

I love seeing young girls and their parents and grandparents at my concerts all loving the music from Grease when I perform those songs (and yes, I do perform a bunch of them!). — Olivia Newton-John

I think that I've always been on a search. I have my own kind of belief in love is the being, but I think that I've always been searching for truth and I think there's lots of truths and I think we should respect that in each other, and that's really what I wanted to bring across. — Olivia Newton-John

I love clothes. I don't know a woman who doesn't. But generally women are intrigued with fashion. Designers are almost making fun of us at times. — Olivia Newton-John

I love to make stories out of license plates on cars about the initials and the numbers - my mum used to do that with me. — Olivia Newton-John

I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little. And you can trust them. — Olivia Newton-John

I love to design and remodel houses, from working with the contractors to picking the colours, materials, kitchen and bathroom accessories to finally what furniture goes where. — Olivia Newton-John

To 'be loved' is the most basic of human needs. Like a flower, it waters the human soul. But 'to love' is a true blessing. — Olivia Newton-John

I love you. I honestly love you. — Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John Quotes About Life

I live my life in gratitude. — Olivia Newton-John

I simply have a marvellous life, a very lucky life. — Olivia Newton-John

There's a balance in my life, there's reality and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end. — Olivia Newton-John

As for highlights, of course "Grease" changed my life and I will always be grateful for that experience. — Olivia Newton-John

'Grease' changed my life in the most amazing way, and I've had such an amazing life. When things go wrong, you've got to believe you will get through them and focus on the positive things in your life. — Olivia Newton-John

I have had someone wonderful things happen to me during my career and lifetime. Of course, personally, the birth of my daughter is the highlight of my life. — Olivia Newton-John

I'm an 18-years thriver, I call myself, not a survivor, because I feel like I'm in thriving my life even better than I ever have, and I want to encourage other women that are going through this journey that here I am. — Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John Famous Quotes And Sayings

I am extremely grateful. And that brings me back to reality on the days I am complaining about something. — Olivia Newton-John

I respect my parents' opinion very much. No matter how old you are, what your parents think is very important. If they like your boyfriend or if they like some work you've done. And if they don't, it's more shattering than anybody else telling you, because they're the most honest. — Olivia Newton-John

I don't have the desire that I think a lot of performers feel - to get the applause. It's not life or death for me. I love it and it's exciting, but it's not something I crave or miss, so I don't need to perform; I don't have that desire. I like to sing, and I love doing what I'm doing, but it's not a dire need. — Olivia Newton-John

Early detection is key," she said. "And if I hadn't found my lump early, I don't know what would have been. I am still here and I want to encourage women to do that on a regular basis. — Olivia Newton-John

Being a breast cancer survivor, as I like to call myself - it will be twenty years next year - I did it to make it possible for women to do regular self breast examinations. It's really important - and, it makes common sense: you know your body better than the doctor does who only sees you once a year, you know? — Olivia Newton-John

Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. — Olivia Newton-John

I am not embarrassed to say that when I was at my worst I took anti-depressants because I think people need to hear that. I think if you are in a dark place where you can't pull yourself out, you may need to ask for help. — Olivia Newton-John

When you have a cavity in your tooth and you let it get worse, eventually you have to get a root canal. If you have something that isn't right, the earlier you treat it the easier the treatment is going to be. That's kind of common sense. — Olivia Newton-John

A few years ago I appeared on GLEE and, Jane Lynch and I did a remake of the song that was very popular - someone told me it was in the Top 100 when it was released. First, walking on the set of GLEE the day we filmed it was surreal as they had recreated the entire original set from the music video. It was bizarre - but fun. — Olivia Newton-John

The idea is to encourage men to go with their wives and screen. So, if the wife is going to go and do her screening, then the man can go and do his baseline screening, too. Men need to be aware of the health of their bodies, as well - prostate cancer and breast cancer are almost on the same level. — Olivia Newton-John

I keep a diary when I have time to. I always know that I'm either having a great time or I'm very busy when there are three weeks of nothing in my diary. But I like to look back because in ten years to the day I can know where I was and what I was doing, and that's a nice feeling. — Olivia Newton-John

I just wanna do my music. — Olivia Newton-John

Acting is a difficult profession, it really is. It's different than singing. With singing you may have one song and four people to record it - but they'll all do it differently and they'll all have that option. Whereas with actors there might be one part, and five hundred actors all want the same role - it's so much more competitive. It's an incredibly painful profession because you get so much rejection. — Olivia Newton-John

I really love performing with an orchestra and am very excited to do so with the Kalamazoo Symphony. — Olivia Newton-John

As for the industry, it has certainly changed. I think with all of these television shows and YouTube and the internet, you have so much less time to develop as an artist and perfect your craft. So many things today are "instant" and, that's not always a good thing. — Olivia Newton-John

John Farrar, my dear friend and songwriter/producer of most of my hits (he wrote "You're The One That I Want" and "Hopelessly Devoted to You," among others), wrote the song ["I Think You Might Like It"] and it captures so much fun and joy! Having that reunion as well, with John and John - made the project even more special! — Olivia Newton-John

I am lucky to have the greatest band and when you add a symphony orchestra to the mix it brings all of my songs to a whole new level. I wouldn't say I really change what I do but, having those talented musicians behind me, along with my band, really makes the songs so much bigger and more fun to sing. — Olivia Newton-John

I had a good, sound upbringing with sensible people around me. I was brought up by intelligent parents. My mother always said to me, "You've got to work at your career and you've got to be good at it. Okay, you've had a bit of success but that's not longevity. You've got to really work for a long time." — Olivia Newton-John

I took you to an intimate restaurant, then to a suggestive movie. There's nothing left to talk about, unless it's horizontally. — Olivia Newton-John

There's a rumor going around that I'm Miss Goody-two-shoes from Australia. Well, that's a laugh. I'm really Miss Goody-two-shoes from England! — Olivia Newton-John

We women should remember that we are much more than just breasts. — Olivia Newton-John

I would not be comfortable appearing in a country where they have permitted the destruction of such beautiful and intelligent animals. — Olivia Newton-John

The only weights I lift are my dogs. — Olivia Newton-John

Let me hear your body talk. — Olivia Newton-John

John [Travolta] and I have remained very close friends ever since we did Grease. When I was told that "You're the One That I Want" was named the #1 duet in history and, during a text chat with John letting him know he said "we should record a Christmas song." Of course I said yes. — Olivia Newton-John

A lot of people lose a sense of reality when they achieve success. That's a terrible danger because you have to remember who you were and who you are basically and that you're still a person and all that out there is a kin of magic - what people see out there is magic, it's media magic. It's not very real and it's very glamorous, but you have to keep a sense of you through it all. — Olivia Newton-John

I want to get physical, let's get into physical, let me hear your body talk, your body talk. — Olivia Newton-John

We wake up and are grateful for the day. Not taking away from the pain, because the pain will be there. But you live on. — Olivia Newton-John

Breast Cancer is not necessarily a death sentence, stay strong and centered and be involved in all aspects of your treatment. — Olivia Newton-John

There's a kind of a line between music and math, so I guess I got the music gene, thank goodness. But my mother wasn't too thrilled. She wanted me to go to university and get a degree or do something, and my father, he liked opera so he wasn't too thrilled either, because he wanted me to be an opera singer and I didn't have - as he said, I don't really have the strength to do that. — Olivia Newton-John

Live, love, knowing that we're all free Now that we are blessed in our country And realise how lucky we are — Olivia Newton-John

It's very hard to get good songs because a lot of writers record their own; they keep the best for themselves. — Olivia Newton-John

Singing at the Opening Ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics in 2000 was amazing and, probably the highlight of this decade is the opening of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in my hometown of Melbourne, Australia. — Olivia Newton-John

My father is doing a radio program - classical music. He has a beautiful speaking voice and that's his passion in life, his music. My mother lives in Melbourne and is an avid photographer. She's also started writing for a magazine out there and she submits poems, very funny ones, and articles. In some way or other, my family is always doing something with the media. — Olivia Newton-John

The "Great Walk to Beijing" was a fundraiser for my cancer center. It was a three-week trek with fellow cancer "thrivers," including celebrities ranging from Joan Rivers to Leeza Gibbons, and Olympians. — Olivia Newton-John

Life Lessons by Olivia Newton-John

1. Olivia Newton-John has demonstrated that hard work and dedication can lead to success in any field.
2. Her career has been an example of the importance of staying true to yourself and your values.
3. She has also shown that it is possible to balance a successful career with a fulfilling personal life.