Quotes By Delta Goodrem

Hodgkin's is serious and I don't want to be dismissive about it, but there are people who have gone through much worse and lost their lives to cancer.

I'd just recorded it in Mariah Carey's studio. THey thought the song was perfect for Nina, because she's so shy, so it was nice to have that connection with Nina in the song. It was special.

I'm just excited I get to sing all the time. There's nothing but open ears of people wanting to listen.

I always had long hair. When you lose it, you realise just how important it is to your identity.

I love having my hair back. It is so important to how you feel, how you dress, how you look.

Well, Neighbours wanted to do a song on the show, and they asked me what songs I had. I told them I'd just written this song, called Born to Try, and I had just gone overseas and spoken to some people from Song about it.

I knew who I was as a girl but I had to find who I was as a woman.

I want to sing for people. I want them to have the music. It's a nice feeling.

I'm thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that.

I don't think I've ever been moulded but I think I am always learning.

Anybody who has gone through a life-changing experience will tell you there is a different understanding of what is real and what is important, and when you are going through different moments, you can reflect and go, 'I have been through worse.'

I'm enjoying writing songs that are more stripped back.

I believe that in music and in a lot of things it's kind of like surfing, you can have a really big wave sometimes and then you can have a smaller wave.

I felt I came back rather quickly from being ill and didn't give myself the time to reflect.

I feel I lost my innocence to cancer.

At 18, I felt I was too young to think about having my eggs frozen.

Everything was going for me, I didn't even know the meaning of the word insecurity and suddenly I am surrounded by words like operation, cancer, chemotherapy, radiation.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

I was at number one in Australia with both my album and my single. And then I was told I had cancer. I thought, 'What a strange turn of events.'

Pop was great fun.

I can't be all things to everyone.

When I do get the chance I just love to hang around at home with friends and family.

I've done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I'm enjoying writing by myself and just being me again for a while.

I have weathered many different storms and I know who I am and my friends know who I really am.

What resonates with me now is the acoustic guitar and piano.

Most people's journeys haven't been as disjointed as mine.

Now I know you should listen to what your body is telling you.

I'm not worried any more about changing people's view of me.

I have been singing for as long as I could talk.

I used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective.