The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, ‘What’s so great about Billie Holiday?’
DIANA ROSSIt’s easier for me to sit with the producers and the writers and I give them my feelings and my thoughts and what I think I feel like singing about and then they go away and write it.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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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 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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Discipline is a necessary tool to help you get what you want in life. It forces you to stay on center and to move away from the things that are not necessary.
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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 even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
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You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.
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Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who’s lost their way.
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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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Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they’d probably say yes, she’s great, but.
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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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I am in prayer for his kids and the family.
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I know that my fans want to know who I’m sleeping with, but it’s really none of their business.
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Hair has always been important.
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So every time I make a new circuit, a new time around, then I change the show. You can’t change the songs; people still want to hear “Lady Sings the Blues” and they still want to hear some of the oldies.
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I spend too much money on my sets and my gowns. I think the presentation is important. I don’t think people want to see the old show all the time.
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