Criticism, 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 ROSSI’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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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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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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I can be a better me than anyone can.
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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’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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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 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 don’t have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
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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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So 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.
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My children come first and the career comes in around that.
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People 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.
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I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
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I listen to most everything that’s out there because I need to stay aware of what’s happening in the industry.
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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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