Bette Midler On Her Father: “My father never went to see my performances. I think he saw The Rose on television, and he saw me on the Johnny Carson Show., but he just wasn’t interested. He didn’t like popular culture…

Bette Midler On Her Father: “My father never went to see my performances. I think he saw The Rose on television, and he saw me on the Johnny Carson Show., but he just wasn’t interested. He didn’t like popular culture. He thought it was garbage. If I had been an opera singer–that he would have understood, or a professional person.” (Syracuse Herald, February 5, 1989)

Edit: Danimay Palmer