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.
DIANA ROSSYou 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.
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.
DIANA ROSSI’d traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.
DIANA ROSSIf I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
DIANA ROSSI 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.
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.
DIANA ROSSI keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
DIANA ROSSYou know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
DIANA ROSSI jog and I roller-skate. I dance – that’s the best exercise.
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.
DIANA ROSSMy problem is that people have been writing books about me.A lot of things that people write about you are incorrect, but you don’t fight about it.
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 ROSSA 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.
DIANA ROSSEither black people end up being the best in sports, or else it’s show business. You know, we all got rhythm.
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 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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