Barbra Streisand Quotes

“Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.”

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

“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.”

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

“I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.”

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

“I was a personality before I became a person—I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven.”

“You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.”

“I suppose I'm going to be famous.”

“I have two sides of me, and one helps the other. No, I don't have a swelled head. My mother didn't have to worry. I never got that swelled head. I believed her.”

“I'm more excited about that than my record.”

“That's what I think keeps a performance honest. You can't just copy what you did from the night before. It never works. I like actors who respect their reality at the moment.”

“I was so shocked and happy that my voice was there, and I was hitting those high notes, and that I walked into the room after I sang that first take and everybody was applauding. I was kind of dazzled by their reaction. It was like old times.”

“It wasn't important to me to know the amount of money I'd get. All I wanted was to sing any song I wanted to.”

“I'm saying that because I had a wonderful lunch with some of the students yesterday. Their knowledge, their enthusiasm, their optimism was truly inspiring. I'm very honored to be invited here. This invitation has a special meaning for me because it involves my convictions and not just my career.”