black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.

Barbra Streisand

Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
BARBRA STREISAND

Despise Hate Our Society
When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
BARBRA STREISAND

Father Girl Good Kid Neighbourhood Stood
It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
BARBRA STREISAND

Artist Speaking Up Voice
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Feet Hurt Style
I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
BARBRA STREISAND

Ridiculous Stars Stupid
The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
BARBRA STREISAND

Dream Hope Lying
Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
BARBRA STREISAND

Badass Passion Women Work
You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
BARBRA STREISAND

Self Esteem Songwriting Trust
When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn’t be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
BARBRA STREISAND

Gorgeous Host Person Stranger
Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
BARBRA STREISAND

Believe Reality Truth
What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
BARBRA STREISAND

Mean Thank You Thanksgiving
Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
BARBRA STREISAND

Balance Doubt Two
Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
BARBRA STREISAND

Funny Inspirational Success
It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
BARBRA STREISAND

Creeps Saws Wanted
I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
BARBRA STREISAND

Care Name Spells
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Creative Stars Thinking

They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Barbra Streisand Quotes