Diana Ross Quotes
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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 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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If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you and I
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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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It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
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For some reason, my main movie, Lady Sings the Blues, to me really isn't me. I really can let go of Diana Ross when I see the movie. I'm really objective when I'm watching it. I liked that movie so much. That movie was like magic so that when I'm looking at it I'm really not seeing myself, I'm seeing the actress. I'm seeing another person, not the me of me.
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My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
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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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I would like to enjoy my life a little bit more so I can really have more fun, but my work is my fun.
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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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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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It's not fair that our name can be used in any newspaper, any article connected with anything, and we can't really fight about it. It's like any newspaper that might take a picture of you, bad or good, and sometimes they're awful pictures, and they can use them without your approval and you can't do anything about it.
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I am in prayer for his kids and the family.
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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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I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
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All of a sudden I feel more womanly, I feel like I got a figure. I was always really straight up and down, the skinny one in the middle, like that poster at Elaine's of the Supremes at Lincoln Center - it was done by Joe Eula. To me that's really a reflection of the way I was. I was just like a bean pole. Now I'm getting a few curves and I like it.
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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 think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.
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I use Jimmy Galanos gowns for real special occasions and things - television, special occasions where I know I'm being filmed. But I never really wear his gowns on stage. My stage gowns are more costumey. There's different levels of things that I wear.I would never wear my stage gowns to a party.
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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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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've never been damaged or hurt by press. It's just that I think it's unfair to use your name in media.
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I don't know what my life would have been like if I'd never gotten into show business.
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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.