The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, ‘What’s so great about Billie Holiday?’
DIANA ROSSIf 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.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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So I’m not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I’m happy that I have them; I think it’s good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.
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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 don’t like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.
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You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that’s left behind!
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I don’t think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
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All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.
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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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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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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’d traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.
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Being a parent is very important to me.
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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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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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You can have a lot of New York and still see what’s going on in the rest of the world, I think – like in China.
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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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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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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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Hair has always been important.
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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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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 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 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 family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
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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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I just appreciate still having the longevity that I’ve had in my career.
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