Diana Ross Quotes

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.

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.

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

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.

Discipline is a necessary tool to help you get what you want in life. It forces you to stay on center and to move away from the things that are not necessary.

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

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but.

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you and I

I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing the music that was out then because my mother used to play it all the time. It was the end of the '50s, the beginning of the '60s. There was Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers, Etta James... We used to sit outside on the stoop and sing. We even used to put our radios and record players outside.

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?

Hair has always been important.

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.

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

One thing you cannot control is nature.

I have a lust for life.

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?"

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.

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.

You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that's left behind!

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.

A reporter once asked me if I ever cried. I wonder if people think I'm just as hard as a rock and have no emotions at all.