You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
DIANA ROSSMy travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
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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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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’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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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.
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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 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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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.
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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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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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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’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 can be a better me than anyone can.
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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.
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I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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