I would like to enjoy my life a little bit more so I can really have more fun, but my work is my fun.
DIANA ROSSI would like to enjoy my life a little bit more so I can really have more fun, but my work is my fun.
DIANA ROSSI don’t know what my life would have been like if I’d never gotten into show business.
DIANA ROSSMy life has often been described as ‘from rags to riches’ but in fact, the Ross’s were never raggedy.
DIANA ROSSYou can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that’s left behind!
DIANA ROSSI don’t like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.
DIANA ROSSI want to live in Paris for a couple of years. I’m dying to do the Josephine Baker story. I really want to be there and do it. It’s certainly my intention to do it.
DIANA ROSSThey tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.
DIANA ROSSI don’t think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
DIANA ROSSPeople 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.
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.
DIANA ROSSIt takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
DIANA ROSSI’d traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.
DIANA ROSSI really don’t think that Detroit was any different than New York of Boston or Philadelphia. Kids always wanted to listen to music outside because that’s where they hung out with their friends.
DIANA ROSSI don’t care about vacations. I go away and I come back real quick because I like my work. I really like my work to consume me.
DIANA ROSSI look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
DIANA ROSSSo I’m not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I’m happy that I have them; I think it’s good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.
DIANA ROSS