I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn’t like me at all.
BARBRA STREISANDIn 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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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.
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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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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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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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 celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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I need instant gratification.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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