Diana Ross Quotes
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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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Hair has always been important.
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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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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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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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Being a parent is very important to me.
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I have such memories; I keep thinking about all the people I worked with. I was in the recording studio and I was talking to one of the engineers who is 24 and they don't know these people. They just absolutely don't know the people and it just tickles me. I don't feel like I've grown up.
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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 always wanted to be a fashion designer and I learned costume illustration in high school. That was an incredible high school. It was more like a college. I'm moving more in that direction, just kind of merchandising my name.
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I want to live in Paris for a couple of years. I'm dying to do the Josephine Baker story. I really want to be there and do it. It's certainly my intention to do it.
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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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I have never gotten into the label thing.
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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 have a lust for life.
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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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Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.
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I'm really lucky, I have my performing career so I can continue to do personal appearances. Most actors have to do a film. But I thought I would wait until I found something I really liked.A lot of my friends feel that I'm wrong to wait. They say I should have done My Bodyguard, but I don't think so. I think I've been right.
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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.