I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
DIANA ROSS
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They 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.
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I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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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 learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don’t want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I’m not afraid to talk money.
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I don’t know what my life would have been like if I’d never gotten into 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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You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
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I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
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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 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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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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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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I 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.
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I 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.
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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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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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