Quotes

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.

People don't know about the human part of me that really cares about the world. For instance, I don't know what I feel about wearing my furs anymore. I worked so hard to have a fur coat and I don't want to wear it anymore because I'm so wrapped up in the animals. I have real deep thoughts about it because I care about the world and nature.

Instead of 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.

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.

In my life I want to keep moving forward, but sometimes reflection is a good thing.

My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.

I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.

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