I 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 ROSSMost people are so hard to please that if they met God, they’d probably say yes, she’s great, but.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that’s left behind!
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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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My 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.
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The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, ‘What’s so great about Billie Holiday?’
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If I’m with a man I’m soft and buttery.
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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’d traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.
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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 keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
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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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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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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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My children come first and the career comes in around that.
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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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I’m a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I’ve really had to decide what’s important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.
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