My life has often been described as ‘from rags to riches’ but in fact, the Ross’s were never raggedy.
DIANA ROSSMy name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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I jog and I roller-skate. I dance – that’s the best exercise.
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My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
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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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It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
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I have a lust for life.
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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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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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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 look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
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I have never gotten into the label thing.
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A reporter once asked me if I ever cried. I wonder if people think I’m just as hard as a rock and have no emotions at all.
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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 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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It’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.
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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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