If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
BARBRA STREISANDArt finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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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 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.
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There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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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 wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: ‘I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.’
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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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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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