My problem is that people have been writing books about me.A lot of things that people write about you are incorrect, but you don’t fight about it.
DIANA ROSSMy father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn’t want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer, the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn’t want there to be any problems.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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People can take your name and write a book about you and they make money off of it. How is the public supposed to know you’re not authorizing that book? As soon as you make a big stink about it it only makes the book sell more.
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I don’t judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they’re a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person.
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You can have a lot of New York and still see what’s going on in the rest of the world, I think – like in China.
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I jog and I roller-skate. I dance – that’s the best exercise.
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If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you and I.
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Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.
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I majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction.
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Do you know where you going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know?
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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
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My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
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I don’t have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
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I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what’s going on in my life.
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All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.
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I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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