I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
BARBRA STREISANDI’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
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In 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.
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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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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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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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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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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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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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