Sandra Bernhard Quotes
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I like the energy of live performance.
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I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.
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I don't like surgery. I don't like elective surgery, I don't like surgery that you have to have.
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Gayness is a non-issue.
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I am always hoping to do another CD. This atmosphere has been difficult.
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I'll take on somebody if they're offending the entire culture, not just offending me.
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The fumes are killing us, and we wonder why things are going haywire.
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When I was really little, I was skinny and people laughed at me for being skinny, so, we all pay our dues for the bodies we're in one way or another. But thank god I haven't needed to alter it to feel good about myself.
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I'm a sexual person. A lot of different people turn me on and have over the years, and I've always wanted to make it very clear that this was not coming from some sort of antimale point of view.
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From the time I was a kid, I'd never joined groups. I hated high school groups. I hung out with hippies, musical people. I hung out with whomever I found compelling and interesting and smart. And I continued to do that throughout my life.
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I believe in people living their lives and having privacy.
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Onstage, I'm still wearing my fabulous, sheer dresses because I'm not that big.
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... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are so many interesting songwriters out there, and it's such a crazy business and so many people are trying to do it, and it's all right there in Nashville.
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I don't want someone coming in and passing judgment on my life.
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On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopper—all your choices should be so easy.
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I don't need to be redundant to the gay community about what's wrong and what isn't happening for them.
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You don't need to be famous to live a life as an artist.
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I hate to judge everybody across the board.
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You reach a certain point in your 30s when you say things in a much safer way.
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At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.
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I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.
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I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility.
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Barbara Bush has her finger on the pulse of America. Im so glad shes back and more compassionate than ever, ... Thats right, of course people just sat around New Orleans, boring, uninspired, soulless New Orleans, and dreamed of someday relocating to the Astrodome. Oh, dear Lord, if only I could leave my unhappy existence and head on up to wonderful Houston and live with my friends side by side in a spacious football stadium, my life would be so much richer and complete.
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People feel like if they don't have a voice or a name or the spotlight, then they're invisible. But if you can't wake up in your world, in your life, with your family and your friends, and enjoy it, then forget it. All bets are off, because that's all anybody is guaranteed.