I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
BARBRA STREISANDI arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
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When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn’t pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing.
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I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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