Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisandis an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. Her career spanning six decades, she has become an icon in multiple fields of entertainment, and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody Awards, The Presidential Medal Of Freedom and nine Golden...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth24 April 1942
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.
I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
I can say, I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable. Or I could say get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?
Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
We elected a President, not a Pope.
And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself.
The audience is the barometer of the truth.
My mother never really thought I could become anything.
I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
I just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn't need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
I still like my antique clothes.
no one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family ...