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.
DIANA ROSSI have never gotten into the label thing.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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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 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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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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It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
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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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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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One thing you cannot control is nature.
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My life has often been described as ‘from rags to riches’ but in fact, the Ross’s were never raggedy.
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I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
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I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
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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.
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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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Discipline is a necessary tool to help you get what you want in life. It forces you to stay on center and to move away from the things that are not necessary.
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The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, ‘What’s so great about Billie Holiday?’
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