I never sing in the shower either.
BARBRA STREISANDMy nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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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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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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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’m a work in progress.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
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If a man wants to get it right, he’s looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she’s difficult or impossible. If he acts, produces and directs, he’s called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she’s called vain and egotistical.
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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
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