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.

My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.

I jog and I roller-skate. I dance - that's the best exercise.

I would like to enjoy my life a little bit more so I can really have more fun, but my work is my fun.

It's not fair that our name can be used in any newspaper, any article connected with anything, and we can't really fight about it. It's like any newspaper that might take a picture of you, bad or good, and sometimes they're awful pictures, and they can use them without your approval and you can't do anything about it.

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

One thing you cannot control is nature.