With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I’m comfortable with money and it’s comfortable with me.
DIANA ROSSYou know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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Being a parent is very important to me.
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I can be a better me than anyone can.
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What’s important for me is to give my daughters a well-rounded education and a mixture of people in their lives. They’ll make their own choices. I think they would be good in show business.
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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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My children come first and the career comes in around that.
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I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that’s left behind!
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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.
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I 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.
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Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don’t hold on to that.
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Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it’s show business. You know, we all got rhythm.
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I want to go Africa. I want to go to China. There are some places I want to go not to work, but to really explore and to see for my own education.
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I don’t like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.
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I think that if my voice for some reason changes – because your voice does change – then it’s time for me not to sing.
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I just appreciate still having the longevity that I’ve had in my career.
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I’m not really a songwriter – I’m an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.
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I would like to enjoy my life a little bit more so I can really have more fun, but my work is my fun.
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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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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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I’m a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I’ve really had to decide what’s important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.
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I’ve never been damaged or hurt by press. It’s just that I think it’s unfair to use your name in media.
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I listen to most everything that’s out there because I need to stay aware of what’s happening in the industry.
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I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.
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The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, ‘What’s so great about Billie Holiday?’
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When I’m working I actually forget to eat. I don’t eat sweets because I don’t care about them. I have no real secrets. I just realize that as I get older I should stay strong so I exercise more.
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I have never gotten into the label thing.
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