109 Quotes by Diana Ross

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'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.

Years ago I wanted to buy an apartment in New York City. I was a single female - I had gone through my divorce - I had three children, I was in show business and black. It was, like, impossible.

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.

I don't like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.

I am in prayer for his kids and the family.

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

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.

Hair has always been important.