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)

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

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

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

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

How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination

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

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way

Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think Can Brando play this with me?