I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
BARBRA STREISANDHe (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?
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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I’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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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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When 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.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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