When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
BARBRA STREISANDI go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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I just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
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My biggest nightmare is I’m driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: ‘Please help me.’ And the people say: ‘Hey, you look like…’ And I’m dying while they’re wondering whether I’m Barbra Streisand.
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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 find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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