I have three girls, and I say the same thing to them. I’m not involved in their careers because I’ve learned that it’s important for them to stand on their own two feet. They’ll feel better and prouder of themselves if they do.
DIANA ROSSSo 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.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
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I have a lust for life.
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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.
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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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One thing you cannot control is nature.
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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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I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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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 majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction.
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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 really think I want to live in a lot of places.I don’t want possessions to hold me down.
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It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
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I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
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I can be a better me than anyone can.
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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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