black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Diana Ross

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.
DIANA ROSS

Care Consume Myself Vacation Work
I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
DIANA ROSS

Autobiography Information Myself Personal Reveal
Hair has always been important.
DIANA ROSS

Appearance Hairs Important
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.
DIANA ROSS

Cry Emotion Myself People Wonder
If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
DIANA ROSS

Believe Friendship Inspirational Mountain Move Myself
I think that if my voice for some reason changes – because your voice does change – then it’s time for me not to sing.
DIANA ROSS

Myself Reason Sing Thinking Voice
I want to live in Paris for a couple of years. I’m dying to do the Josephine Baker story. I really want to be there and do it. It’s certainly my intention to do it.
DIANA ROSS

Death Intention Live Myself Story
My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
DIANA ROSS

Appearance Energy Family Myself
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.
DIANA ROSS

Children Friendship Music Myself Thinking
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?
DIANA ROSS

Direction Life Path Shown Yourself
The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, ‘What’s so great about Billie Holiday?’
DIANA ROSS

Greatness Myself Record Time
My life has often been described as ‘from rags to riches’ but in fact, the Ross’s were never raggedy.
DIANA ROSS

Fact Life Myself Tragedy
My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
DIANA ROSS

Feeling Happiness Opportunity Time Travel
My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn’t want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer, the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn’t want there to be any problems.
DIANA ROSS

Father Hard Myself Problem Work
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.
DIANA ROSS

Forever Myself Stand Train
My problem is that people have been writing books about me.A lot of things that people write about you are incorrect, but you don’t fight about it.
DIANA ROSS

Books Fight Myself People Problem Writing
I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
DIANA ROSS

Born Childhood Myself Place
My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
DIANA ROSS

Myself Name Purpose Right
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.
DIANA ROSS

Future Myself Need Past Sight Work Yourself
It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
DIANA ROSS

Time Work Yourself
I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
DIANA ROSS

Future Music Myself Studio
I don’t like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.
DIANA ROSS

Artist Make Up Myself
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.
DIANA ROSS

Change Music Myself Old People Time
My children come first and the career comes in around that.
DIANA ROSS

Career Children Myself
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.
DIANA ROSS

Education Explore Myself Place Travel
Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who’s lost their way.
DIANA ROSS

Compassionate Day Encouragement Kindness Lost Time Way
When I’m working I actually forget to eat. I don’t eat sweets because I don’t care about them. I have no real secrets. I just realize that as I get older I should stay strong so I exercise more.
DIANA ROSS

Forget Myself Reality Secret Strong Work

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Diana Ross Quotes