I guess I bought my first vinyl when I was 14. "The way we were" - followed by "Superman" and "Songbird". Then I saw "Funny girl", "What´s up doc" etc. I´m not a fan in the usal sense, but I always admired the artistic work, the messages and the entertainment of Streisands recordings, movies and shows.
Crowned by her apperance at the court of honours at Schönbrunn, Vienna. Got one of these "first row tickets" and also had the privilege of talking to Mr. Erlichman a few minutes before the show starts ..but that´s another story 
Does it need more explaination than this? I wish Barbra Streisand a long, happy and wealthy life - cause she gave me a lot of joy with all the hard work she´s done... and still doing!
Re: "Ein großartiges Instrument, ein klassischer Instinkt" - New York Times Interview
toller Artikel - dennoch: anatomisch und linguistisch korrekt wird hier von Barbras "Zwerchfell" (mit "ch") gesprochen - cause: the girl didn´t sound like a dwarf for god´s sake! bitte um Korrektur - danke!