Quotes

"What a way to grow up and start in this business! These people were wonderful to me. Some kids went to school; I went to work and learned from the best. Each one of these performers was a great professor to me. I was lucky to have had the opportunity to know them all. I owe so much to them." On working with legendary performers as Frank Sinatra, Bill Cosby, Joan Rivers, Bob Hope, George Burns, Liberace and Carol Burnett as a child.

You know, I think it wasn't that I sounded like her. I think it was because we were both from Brooklyn, both Jewish and had big voices. -- JB, in response to her often-asked similarity in appearance, personality and singing style to Barbra Streisand

When I was young, I could perform in auditoriums and halls, but not in a place where alcohol was sold because of the child labor laws. So I had many more places I could play when I turned 18.

I have sung for presidents, I have sung for the troops, I have sung in some of the finest halls and opera houses in this country. Yet, I remember being a little girl in Brooklyn, singing from stoop to stoop, dreaming of these days. It is so unbelievable to me, and it is so wonderful to be lucky enough to live your dream.