Instead 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 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 ROSSMost people are so hard to please that if they met God, they’d probably say yes, she’s great, but.
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 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.
DIANA ROSSSo 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.
DIANA ROSSIf I’m with a man I’m soft and buttery.
DIANA ROSSI just appreciate still having the longevity that I’ve had in my career.
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 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 ROSSPeople 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.
DIANA ROSSYou can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.
DIANA ROSSEither black people end up being the best in sports, or else it’s show business. You know, we all got rhythm.
DIANA ROSSCriticism, 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.
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 ROSSI learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don’t want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I’m not afraid to talk money.
DIANA ROSSI keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
DIANA ROSS