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.
DIANA ROSSThey 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.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it’s show business. You know, we all got rhythm.
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I have a lust for life.
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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 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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Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they’d probably say yes, she’s great, but.
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My 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.
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I really don’t think that Detroit was any different than New York of Boston or Philadelphia. Kids always wanted to listen to music outside because that’s where they hung out with their friends.
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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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All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.
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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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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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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 children come first and the career comes in around that.
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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 was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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