Barbra Streisand Quotes
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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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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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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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 don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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My mother had a great voice. Not like mine, not like my sister's, not like my son's - a high soprano voice, but like a bird. I mean, really beautiful.
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It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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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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My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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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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A person who's a bitch would seem to be mean for no reason. I'm not a mean person. Maybe I'm rude without being aware of it - that's possible.