"A reporter once asked me if I ever cried. I wonder if people think I'm just as hard as a rock and have no emotions at all."

"I want to be a respected artist like Stevie (Wonder). Maybe I should do something for cancer?"

"My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities."

"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."

"Instead of always looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then."

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

"Just because I have my standards they think I'm a bitch."

"Hair has always been important."

"If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains."

"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself."