The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, ‘What’s so great about Billie Holiday?’
DIANA ROSSWhat’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.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what’s going on in my life.
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A reporter once asked me if I ever cried. I wonder if people think I’m just as hard as a rock and have no emotions at all.
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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’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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It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
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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 keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
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I majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction.
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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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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 look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
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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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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 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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Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they’d probably say yes, she’s great, but.
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