Barbra Streisand - Opening Remarks

SPEAKING Thank you! What a wonderful week to be
in New York! The Rangers won the Stanley Cup,
right here at the garden. The Yankees are in first
place; the "Nicks" came this close, and
it is so great to be here during the "Gay
Games"! Because for once I can walk around
the city without being recognized. You know? -
There are enough guys in town who impersonate me
that when I'm out on the streets, nobody thinks
it's really me...Today I was walking up Broadway
and a woman said to her husband: "Look, it's
Barbra Streisand!" and her husband said:
"Will you stop it already, that's the tenth
one today, this one is not even close!" This
is...This is the city that means most to me in my
tour, because it's my home...I was born and raised
here...(interrupted)...Pardon me...Oh, welcome
home did you say, thank you, thank you! Yes, the
last time I did a concert here in New York, it was
Central Park twenty-seven years ago...So, a lot
has happened since then...