American - Actress | April 24, 1942 -
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.
Barbra Streisand
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I never sing in the shower either.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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I'm a work in progress.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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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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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.
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