I don’t need anyone to write me a show in my style, I would like to do a show in a style that wasn’t my style, because that’s the only way I can grow up and grow out.
BETTE MIDLERI sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
More Bette Midler Quotes
-
-
I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
BETTE MIDLER -
I’m working my way toward divinity.
BETTE MIDLER -
I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
BETTE MIDLER -
Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
BETTE MIDLER -
One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, “If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it.”
BETTE MIDLER -
I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
BETTE MIDLER -
My daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
BETTE MIDLER -
I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
BETTE MIDLER -
My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
BETTE MIDLER -
If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
BETTE MIDLER -
From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, it’s the voice of every man
BETTE MIDLER -
Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
BETTE MIDLER -
I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
BETTE MIDLER -
I loved the photographs of people wearing elaborate makeup and costumes – they really pulled at me inside. I was in that library every week for years, until I was about 13. I had a rich interior life, because I didn’t have much of a social life.
BETTE MIDLER -
Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
BETTE MIDLER -
It’s a different world now: Stars come and go quickly, and there are so many of them. I read a statistic that all the record companies combined used to put out around 3,000 albums in a year. Now they put out something like 30,000!
BETTE MIDLER -
Where did I do well?” When I did this assessment of my life, I said to myself, “It was really good.”
BETTE MIDLER -
When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
BETTE MIDLER -
I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
BETTE MIDLER -
You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
BETTE MIDLER -
A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
BETTE MIDLER -
Total contentment is only for cows.
BETTE MIDLER -
I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
BETTE MIDLER -
The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
BETTE MIDLER -
Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
BETTE MIDLER -
I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
BETTE MIDLER