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 ROSSOne thing you cannot control is nature.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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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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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 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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It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
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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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I have never gotten into the label thing.
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Being a parent is very important to me.
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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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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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It’s easier for me to sit with the producers and the writers and I give them my feelings and my thoughts and what I think I feel like singing about and then they go away and write it.
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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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I jog and I roller-skate. I dance – that’s the best exercise.
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Hair has always been important.
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I have a lust for life.
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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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