My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
DIANA ROSSPeople 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.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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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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You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
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I have a lust for life.
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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.
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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’ve never been damaged or hurt by press. It’s just that I think it’s unfair to use your name in media.
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My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
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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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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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My children come first and the career comes in around that.
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I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
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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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It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
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Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don’t hold on to that.
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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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