Diana Ross Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.”

“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.”