I have three girls, and I say the same thing to them. I'm not involved in their careers because I've learned that it's important for them to stand on their own two feet. They'll feel better and prouder of themselves if they do.

I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.

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 don't know what my life would have been like if I'd never gotten into show business.

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

Being a parent is very important to me.

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