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.
DIANA ROSSYou can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that’s left behind!
More Diana Ross Quotes
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Being a parent is very important to me.
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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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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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They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.
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If I do an interview, then I take full responsibility. I figure I’m not going to talk to anyone that I think is unethical anyway.
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My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
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My life has often been described as ‘from rags to riches’ but in fact, the Ross’s were never raggedy.
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I am in prayer for his kids and the family.
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I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
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I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
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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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I don’t think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
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My children come first and the career comes in around that.
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I have never gotten into the label thing.
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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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