Author: Barbra Streisand

Quotes

Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.

Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.

- Barbra Streisand

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

- Barbra Streisand

What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.

What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.

- Barbra Streisand

I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

- Barbra Streisand

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

- Barbra Streisand

In 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.

In 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.

- Barbra Streisand

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

- Barbra Streisand

I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.

I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.

- Barbra Streisand

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?

- Barbra Streisand

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