"I'm Proud and I Love My Sister"
(Jan 24, 2008) - Roslyn Kind spoke last night in an on-line audio interview to promote her upcoming series of shows at the Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles. Always a great interview subject, Roz answered many questions about her own impressive career before the interview turned to the inevitable subject of her sister. Roz was gracious and comfortable in speaking of Barbra, but don't refer to them as half-siblings:

"Let me get this straight, with everybody calling us "half" and "step." You're all wrong! We are "whole" sisters and I'm proud and I love my sister."

Roz spoke about singing with Barbra as children ("She taught me how to harmonize on 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' when I was very little")

On how Barbra's celebrity effected Roz as a child, she said, "I grew up with great admiration and respect as well as much love for my sister and her achievements, and I couldn't be prouder. I just kvell in watching her and hearing her"

Roz told of her favorite childhood memory of Barbra: "My favorite is when she worked in a Chinese restaurant in our neighborhood and I used to go with her sometimes while she worked.... And then after the restaurant would close, we went on the other side of the restaurant and had a Chinese feast."

And of her favorite recent adult memory with Barbra, Roz was very clear: "My most recent is having just come back from London with her this year while she was on tour and sharing the travel. We had such a great time just eating and shopping and being sisters. And watching her perform! We just had a blast in London."