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 ROSSI’ve never been damaged or hurt by press. It’s just that I think it’s unfair to use your name in media.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
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I 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.
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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 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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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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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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I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
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I really think I want to live in a lot of places.I don’t want possessions to hold me down.
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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 was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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When I’m working I actually forget to eat. I don’t eat sweets because I don’t care about them. I have no real secrets. I just realize that as I get older I should stay strong so I exercise more.
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I have never gotten into the label thing.
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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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Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who’s lost their way.
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I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
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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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With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I’m comfortable with money and it’s comfortable with me.
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You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
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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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If I’m with a man I’m soft and buttery.
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Hair has always been important.
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I am in prayer for his kids and the family.
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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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I know that my fans want to know who I’m sleeping with, but it’s really none of their business.
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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 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.
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