I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
DIANA ROSSMy family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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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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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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If 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.
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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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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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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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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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I think that if my voice for some reason changes – because your voice does change – then it’s time for me not to sing.
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They 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.
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I 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.
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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 spend too much money on my sets and my gowns. I think the presentation is important. I don’t think people want to see the old show all the time.
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Being a parent is very important to me.
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It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
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