Barbra Streisand

I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

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

Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.

Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.

It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.

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.

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.

I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.

Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?