Diana Ross Quotes

Who's more important than Diana Ross?

— Don Cornelius

I think I popped out of the womb singing Diana Ross.

— Lisa Stansfield

Diana Ross... she's the bomb.

— Tina Knowles

My mum used to listen to Motown. Diana Ross was my first singing teacher, really. I'd just sing along all the time.

— Lisa Stansfield

Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross... they are the best.

— Giorgio Moroder

I never really saw my mom as Diana Ross. My mom was my mom.

— Evan Ross

You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that's left behind!

— Diana Ross

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

— Diana Ross

I wanna hear some Diana Ross, I wanna hear some Marvin Gaye. I wanna hear a song that reminds me of a…

— Lou Reed

Diana Ross saw me on Merv Griffin and hired me to be her opening act.

— Howie Mandel

Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger. [on Diana Ross

— Johnny Mathis

I'm extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don't mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

The main thing I like to do is have a mix of the '70s glamour and emulate a lot of ladies I…

— Jillian Hervey

Well Brooke, I've always liked her, and when I was little I used to stay with Diana Ross, me and my brothers…

— Michael Jackson

There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Diana Ross - but…

— Jon Landau

Steve Binder did the Elvis comeback special in 1968, you know. He did the Diana Ross special. He has won Emmy Awards.…

— Eddie Rabbitt

I'd like to go for people I admire - I always gravitate towards the people I idolized when I was a teenager:…

— RuPaul

I just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn't…

— Barbra Streisand

Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross…

— Stephanie Mills

Other than the obvious, like Cher and Diana Ross, I actually find a lot of inspiration from time periods. So it's not…

— Zendaya

Honey, you [Michael Jackson] gotta pick a race first. All of a sudden you're a black man, then you're Diana Ross, now…

— Robin Williams

She is always going to be Diana Ross; she doesn't have to put out another album to keep at it. I'm not…

— GloZell

My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my…

— Jill Scott

I love David Bowie and Cher and Diana Ross. I wanted to follow in their footsteps. So I set out to do…

— RuPaul

My oldest sister was into Diana Ross and the Supremes, and my brother was into Led Zeppelin, and I listened to all…

— Lorrie Morgan

“The entire incident might have been avoided had Willis more carefully selected the tracks in his blaring music playlist. “Sometimes it’s Diana…

— Brian Abrams

For some reason, my main movie, Lady Sings the Blues, to me really isn't me. I really can let go of Diana…

— Diana Ross

My favorite style inspirations are between Rihanna and Diana Ross.

— Ari Lennox

“At that very moment I fell in love with fashion. Aunt Eileen had become Diana Ross right before our very eyes.”

— Culver Connor McCall

Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.

— Madonna Ciccone

I'm very inspired by a lot of things from the past, from Cher to Diana Ross.

— Zendaya

I always loved James Brown, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke.

— Charles Bradley

Growing up, I had a natural love for women like Diana Ross, Mary Wells, Ella Fitzgerald. Then I got into Dionne Warwick,…

— Natalie Prass

I thought wasn't nobody supposed to get gold records except those people on Motown, like Smokey Robinson and Diana Ross.

— Wilson Pickett

There's no recreating what Michael Jackson and Diana Ross did in 'The Wiz'. We're trying to figure out who these characters are…

— Ne-Yo

Growing up, I loved Boy George, George Michael, Annie Lennox, Queen, Freddie Mercury, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross.

— Princess Nokia

I was on tour with Michael Jackson for a while; I did the 'Dangerous' and 'History' tours. I was also on tour…

— Cris Judd

I'll never forget that little apple box I stood on because I couldn't reach the microphone. My name was written on it…

— Michael Jackson

Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her - her mike placement,…

— Beyonce Knowles

'Love Will Keep Us Together' was a combination of three different singing styles - Al Green, the Beach Boys, and Diana Ross.…

— Neil Sedaka