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

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.

I'd traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.

My children come first and the career comes in around that.

I really don't think that Detroit was any different than New York of Boston or Philadelphia. Kids always wanted to listen to music outside because that's where they hung out with their friends.

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.

I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry.