Quotes from Diana Ross

I can be a better me than anyone can; I am me. Good or bad. I am myself. I'm no carbon copy of no one else.

Most people don't understand performers are really sheltered and protected so much sometimes that they don't get a chance to live their lives.

I was always lucky, and I knew it.

I sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm free. His eye is on the sparrow And I know He watches me

Do you know where you going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know?

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.

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.

I have a lust for life.

I have three girls, and I say the same thing to them. I'm not involved in their careers because I've learned that it's important for them to stand on their own two feet. They'll feel better and prouder of themselves if they do.

My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.

I don't know what my life would have been like if I'd never gotten into show business.

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.

I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly.

My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy.

I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.

The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'

It tickles me, my daughter said that to me. She said, "Mommie, why is it that every time they say your name they put your age right behind it?"

I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry.

When we first began, we didn't have any hits.

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.

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.