You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
BARBRA STREISANDIn the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It’s not so competitive.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it’s a lot of work. It’s work to be a star. I don’t enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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I’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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How could such a destructive man [referring to Bush] be so popular with the American people?… Not only is he poisoning our air and water – he’s poisoning our political system as well.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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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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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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I’m a work in progress.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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