“I Made My Own Lane”: A Rare Interview With Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli wears Coat and Sweater Bottega Veneta. Necklace, Vintage Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co. Earrings, Cuff, and Ring (worn throughout) Liza’s Own.
“I was never allowed to be a kid until I got to be a grown-up,” said Liza Minnelli in the pages of this magazine. As the progeny of two massive talents, Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, being a child of Hollywood was, for Liza, a career in itself. But as we all know, she sailed her own course into stardom, and is maybe the most talented singer and dancer to ever jump from the stage to the screen. Liza, with boundless personality and energy, was also a Warhol and Interview magazine darling, having been first introduced to Andy in the early ’70s by their mutual friend Halston. As Andy said in his 1979 book Exposures, “Liza is always on and I am always off. Liza has what Diana Vreeland calls ‘built-in show biz.’ Whenever Liza walks into a room, everything stops and people wait for the act to…