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.
BARBRA STREISANDHow 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.
BARBRA STREISANDThey’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
BARBRA STREISANDI’m a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can’t lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.
BARBRA STREISANDI hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
BARBRA STREISANDThank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
BARBRA STREISANDWhen 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.
BARBRA STREISANDThe audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
BARBRA STREISANDWe cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
BARBRA STREISANDI don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
BARBRA STREISANDI arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
BARBRA STREISANDI never sing in the shower either.
BARBRA STREISANDI started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
BARBRA STREISANDI 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.
BARBRA STREISANDI like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
BARBRA STREISANDIt’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
BARBRA STREISANDI only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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