1. 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. 2. Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don't hold on to that.
4. I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
5. You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.
7. Being a parent is very important to me.
8. I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
9. I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
10. I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
12. I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career.
13. I keep a great organizer, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
14. 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.
16. I look forward to the future - and going into the studio to make new music.
17. 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.
19. 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.
20. I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.
22. I'm a dreamer.
23. I'd traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.
25. 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.
27. Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.
29. If I'm with a man I'm soft and buttery.
30. It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
31. 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.
33. My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
34. My children come first and the career comes in around that.
36. My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
37. One thing you cannot control is nature.
38. My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn't want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer - the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn't want there to be any problems.
40. When we first began, we didn't have any hits.
42. 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.
44. You see, I've never really studied acting.
45. You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
47. Just because I have my standards, they think I'm a bitch.
48. I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.
49. You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that's left behind!
51. I think the album really is about - it's a reflection of where I am and (where) I've been for the last year or so in my life. I choose my songs that way because I become the lyric. I mean, I live the songs before I record them.
53. I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
54. My life has often been described as "from rags to riches" but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.
55. In my life I want to keep moving forward, but sometimes reflection is a good thing.
57. Well, even though she had six kids, my mother really believed I could achieve whatever I set out to do. Maybe it was my vitality or something.
58. But I just feel like I'm using whatever emotions I have when I'm singing or performing, and that's not a bad thing - as long as I am mindful of them.
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