I jog and I roller-skate. I dance - that's the best exercise. Diana Ross More Quotes by Diana Ross More Quotes From Diana Ross 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. Diana Ross healthyangerthinking So every time I make a new circuit, a new time around, then I change the show. You can't change the songs; people still want to hear "Lady Sings the Blues" and they still want to hear some of the oldies. Diana Ross wantsongpeople The only recording studio was in Motown - it was called Tamla/Motown at that time and we used to audition there because Smokey Robinson was at that studio and Berry Gordy was the president. I remember asking Smokey to listen to my group and he did. For the first couple of years we were just singing background. We used to back up Marvin Gaye; Mary Wells was there then, Marv Johnson, the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Junior Walker and the All-Stars. Diana Ross couplestarsyears I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place. Diana Ross right-placeprioritiestrying I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing. Diana Ross voicedoethinking 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. Diana Ross clothessafetycomfort I'd traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to. Diana Ross insanesuccessfulhome I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing. Diana Ross nexti-canwaiting The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?' Diana Ross holidayrecordsfirsts 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. Diana Ross strongworrymen I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business. Diana Ross fanswantsleep Being a parent is very important to me. Diana Ross being-a-parentparentimportant I really think I want to live in a lot of places.I don't want possessions to hold me down. Diana Ross hold-mewantthinking 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. Diana Ross chinamy-ownwant 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. Diana Ross actressesmagicletting-go 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. Diana Ross new-yorkworldthinking My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me. Diana Ross ablepurposenames It seems like I don't have a lot of time for all the things I need to do. I'm spreading myself fairly thin. I have responsibilities to my children. I have a big staff that works for me. And when you have a staff, and I'm sure you know this, you're always concerned with everybody's life all the time. Diana Ross responsibilitychildrenneeds 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. Diana Ross fightingwritingbook I've never been damaged or hurt by press. It's just that I think it's unfair to use your name in media. Diana Ross mediahurtthinking
