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 want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.

I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business.

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

The only recording studio was in Motown - it was called Tamla/Motown at that time and we used to audition there because Smokey Robinson was at that studio and Berry Gordy was the president. I remember asking Smokey to listen to my group and he did. For the first couple of years we were just singing background. We used to back up Marvin Gaye; Mary Wells was there then, Marv Johnson, the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Junior Walker and the All-Stars.

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?

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.