My life has often been described as ‘from rags to riches’ but in fact, the Ross’s were never raggedy.
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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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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Being a parent is very important to me.
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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 an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
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Hair has always been important.
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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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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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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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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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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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You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
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I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.
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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 have a lust for life.
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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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