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.

Quote by Barbra Streisand

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I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really...

I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really...

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings...

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings...

I just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does...

I just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does...

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have...

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have...

Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.

Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are...

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are...

Bitches. It's a very male-chauvinist word. I resent it deeply. A person who's a bitch...

Bitches. It's a very male-chauvinist word. I resent it deeply. A person who's a bitch...

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

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

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor,...

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor,...

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have...

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have...

It's like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he's supposed to change...

It's like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he's supposed to change...

Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.

Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain...

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain...

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work ... a woman is...

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work ... a woman is...

I was a personality before I became a person. I am simple, complex, generous, selfish,...

I was a personality before I became a person. I am simple, complex, generous, selfish,...

It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman.

It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman.

How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard...

How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard...

From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily...

From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily...

As long as there are entrenched social and political distinctions between sexes, races, or classes,...

As long as there are entrenched social and political distinctions between sexes, races, or classes,...

I believe that those who promote discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any...

I believe that those who promote discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any...