Bette Midler: ‘My father thought showbusiness a waste of time' - lovely words from Bette
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/15/bette-midler-this-much-i-know<snip>
Youth is the best driving force for anyone who’s creative. I was fearless when I was young. When you get older doubt sets in. But they’re not going to throw you out past 60 if you keep on being creative. They haven’t so far.
When I first heard “Wind Beneath my Wings” I thought: “I’m not singing that.” [Long-time friend and producer] Marc Shaiman insisted and it was the biggest hit of my career.
Charm is something a lot of today’s young artists could do with. Maybe I’ll start a charm school, like they had at Motown. They don’t see it takes more than looking cute and not falling over in high heels.
My daughter Sophie, now 27, is trilingual. She went to college in China and has just graduated from Yale drama school. I’m so excited she’s going to be an actor. I think what we did right was that we paid attention, we listened to what she said and we treated her as though she had worth.
I never thought I'd love this song either but I do
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I like her a lot! When my Mom first played Bette's records, years ago when I was a tiny kid, I didn't know what to make of her, but now I like her. 
Bette has a "big voice," so to speak, and kind of reminds me of Ethel Merman. She can do those musical type songs where you have to project your voice a lot. (Just my opinion.)
You just can't help but have a good time when she sings.
We had a very young woman, 17 years old, in our ICU for many many months. She had been injured in a car accident and suffered so many things because of it. She moved out for about a week but I think other than that week she was out of the ICU, that we cared for her for about 7 months then she died. This song was played at her funeral. Those of us who had spent so much time caring for her and helping her get used to what her life would be like were devastated. So it always makes me cry.
Other than that sad and kinda off topic paragraph, Bette is awesome. Always has been and she is bright and fearless. Glad to see something about her.
and I believe was on the radio while she was with us at the hospital. 
