I want to live in Paris for a couple of years. I'm dying to do the Josephine Baker story. I really want to be there and do it. It's certainly my intention to do it.

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.

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.

The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'

All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.

I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.

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