Barbra Streisand Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.”

“I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.”

“I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.”

“I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.”

“I still like my antique clothes.”

“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.”

“My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.”

“The audience is the barometer of the truth.”

“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.”

“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.”