Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Diana Ernestine Earle Rossis an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, she rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown's most successful act and is to this day America's most successful vocal group as well as one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. As part of the Supremes, her success made it possible for future African American...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoul Singer
Date of Birth26 March 1944
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
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.
I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry.
I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career.
I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
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.
I have never gotten into the label thing.
My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
Hair has always been important.
I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.