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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.

Diana Ross

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Diana Ross
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 26
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Detroit
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Diana Ernestine Earle Ross
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People can take your name and write a book about you and they make money off of it. How is the public supposed to know you're not authorizing that book? As soon as you make a big stink about it it only makes the book sell more.
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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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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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It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
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Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but.
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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.
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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.
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It's easier for me to sit with the producers and the writers and I give them my feelings and my thoughts and what I think I feel like singing about and then they go away and write it.
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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.
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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?
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Hair has always been important.
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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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