Bette Midler On Being Just A Fad: “I’m not a freaky fad,” she says angrily. “What I do may be, but I’m not. If this doesn’t go, I’ll just find something else. I have stories to tell, characters I have to be. I’m not afraid…

Bette Midler On Being Just A Fad: “I’m not a freaky fad,” she says angrily. “What I do may be, but I’m not. If this doesn’t go, I’ll just find something else. I have stories to tell, characters I have to be. I’m not afraid. See, there was a time when I was so afraid cause I loved it so much”“the music, the characters, the clothes ”“ afraid that it wouldn’t turn out right. I was afraid, not that people would make fun of it, but that they just would not pay any attention ”“ which is worse. Cause, see, I made it up. I put everything into it. It’s my whole life”¦” (The Toronto Star, February 24, 1973)