Diana Ross Quotes

I want to be an icon.

I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.

Not to rag on myself, but when people say, 'What does it feel like to be an icon?' I'm like, 'My dog does not think I'm an icon, my cat does not think I am an icon, my cousin does not think I am an icon.' I have a really lovely group of friends, and I just don't think about it.

Even though I was away from the public eye, I was in the public memory.

Celebrity is a weird appendage, which is useless unless you do something with it.

The higher your profile, the more people want you.

I don't consider myself an A-list celebrity or a big dog, but every time I meet somebody, even rappers who've been in the game for years... they're like, 'Man, I'm trying to get on your level.'

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.

I feel like clout is something that builds up on your teeth.

I've never seen anybody win the game in the media. But at the same time, I understand what it could do for you, if you wanted to be someone who talks a lot.

They say you can do honest, sincere work for decades, but you're given in general a 10-year period when what you do touches the zeitgeist - when you're relevant. And I'm aware of that, and I don't want my time to go by.

To be an icon is a big job - it's beyond acting. And sometimes it pays, and sometimes it doesn't.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

Fame overcomes everything.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.

I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.

My reputation precedes me now.

Notoriety is such a prized thing. Society suddenly wants your opinion on things - everyone from your mom to an editor at The New York Times.

Fame gives you a high.

The more records you put up, the longer they talk about you.

I don't need the fame or power.