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 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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Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they’d probably say yes, she’s great, but.
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I have never gotten into the label thing.
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I have a lust for life.
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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
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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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What’s important for me is to give my daughters a well-rounded education and a mixture of people in their lives. They’ll make their own choices. I think they would be good in show business.
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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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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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If 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.
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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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If I’m with a man I’m soft and buttery.
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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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Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it’s show business. You know, we all got rhythm.
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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 keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
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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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My life has often been described as ‘from rags to riches’ but in fact, the Ross’s were never raggedy.
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Hair has always been important.
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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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