I don’t have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
DIANA ROSSI don’t have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
DIANA ROSSI was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
DIANA ROSSMy 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 ROSSIt has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
DIANA ROSSDo you know where you going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know?
DIANA ROSSAll 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.
DIANA ROSSI don’t think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
DIANA ROSSIf I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
DIANA ROSSIf I do an interview, then I take full responsibility. I figure I’m not going to talk to anyone that I think is unethical anyway.
DIANA ROSSThey tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.
DIANA ROSSI want to go Africa. I want to go to China. There are some places I want to go not to work, but to really explore and to see for my own education.
DIANA ROSSMost people are so hard to please that if they met God, they’d probably say yes, she’s great, but.
DIANA ROSSI just appreciate still having the longevity that I’ve had in my career.
DIANA ROSSMy children come first and the career comes in around that.
DIANA ROSSInstead 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.
DIANA ROSSI’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.
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