I think that if my voice for some reason changes – because your voice does change – then it’s time for me not to sing.
DIANA ROSSI have three girls, and I say the same thing to them. I’m not involved in their careers because I’ve learned that it’s important for them to stand on their own two feet. They’ll feel better and prouder of themselves if they do.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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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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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 was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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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.
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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 don’t judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they’re a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person.
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Do you know where you going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know?
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My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
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Hair has always been important.
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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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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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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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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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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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