A strong independent person who took matters into her own hands. She needed to survive in a world that eats you up and spits you go. She is my favorite singer.
Exactly, in 1979 when she realized she was being ripped off by Berry, she went back to school to learn how to take matters into her own hands. Has faced a ridiculous amount of criticism despite her obvious gleaming musical and show biz talent, and numerous accolades and successes.
Their is something so beautiful about her. To where when you're watching her you just can't take your eye's off of her. Just class personified and so elegant as well...The Boss Mrs Ross!!
It's such a pleasure to see Diana Ross in such a candid light. So inspirational. This book was great. I still have my autographed copy in my closet. Diana Ross is the best!
Beyond the joy of hearing first hearing and seeing her in The Supremes, Diana has been an inspiration to me and my life. I am so inspired by her. Don’t look left, don’t look right and definitely don’t look back......go for your dreams!!!!
Breathtakingly beautiful here, the guarded nature mentioned by several posters is to be expected. Diana deserves her privacy, she like a lot of other performers need to hold somethings back in their every day life, especially when u give soo much on stage.
This is probably one of her very best interviews ever. Despite all the artifice about her life, her appearance, her legend, her legacy, she seems very real, dare I say, authentic here. Well done, Charlie.
She sounds like a person, at the time, about to turn 50 and a mother of 5. A person clear on her priorities. Obviously detached from her starting out as a teenager at Motown, Berry Gordy or a member of the Supremes, as that was a longtime ago, so she can only express it like a "memory". Almost like something you lived in another lifetime, because it's not something she is living now. She is a class-act. I've been in her company a few times and she's always been charming and approachable.
I have always thought Diana Ross was and is one of the most guarded individuals I've ever known or read about and yet, in this interview with Charlie Rose, she comes across as more human and reflective than I've ever seen her. I don't think the long interview she did with Oprah revealed as much as this one has or maybe it was simply different because Oprah was coming from a much different place and so was Ms. Ross...in the answers she gave. I have been privileged to see her in concert several times and she is, absolutely, a consummate performer. She is also as beautiful and larger than life as you think she might be. Her audiences adore her and with good reason. When she goes into her "Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Reach Out & Touch" medley, the audience is already on the floor just waiting for her to come o touch them personally. There is much about her I'd love to know but everyone is entitled to their innermost thoughts and even their little secrets. I think it is still the situation with The Supremes...her relationships with Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson...as well as her liaison with Berry Gordy and Diana's departure from the group that stick in people's craws and what they'd most like to know much more about.
Thank you so much. for I have only ever seen a 10 minute or so clip of this in a year end round up... Spellbinding! This is hands down her best interview EVER! She is focused and sober, introspective and articulate! She doesn't spew her usual rhetoric, and she looks PHENOMENONAL! WOW, WOW, WOW!!!
Miss Ross is quite a woman: a classy, elegant, gracious, supermom who adores her kids, a sensational entertainer who truly knows how to connect with her audience. I don't think I've ever seen a performer look more comfortable on stage than Diana Ross. There's also another side of her that one can sometimes detect in interviews like this one. She gives off moments where she's terribly secure and vulnerable and sometimes she has this look like she's a cornered panther and will strike at any second. There's something very coy and feline about Miss Ross and it's irresistible! Meow ;-)
Tite Flo yes and even more than that! she was the love of michael jackson s life. She was the only woman he ever loved and wanted to marry until he died !
I'm so thankful for this amazing footage. I love this Diana's interview and I've been searching it for years here in TH-cam. This is one of her best interviews. It was posted here in 2009 but removed not much time later. Since then, I've been searching for it. Thank you a million times. @aikan74
Diana seems like someone who has been guarded because she made some mistakes and people won't let her live them down. No matter what, none of us were there when those things happened. And this interviewer wasn't terrible, but he seems to be really invasive with the Berry Gordy stuff. Everything has been said and I don't think there's more than we already know. It seems pretty cut and dry. People can't expect her to be so open when they won't let her live down her past. Very rarely do people criticize Berry for his role in everything.
Thank You for this very interesting interview with Miss Diana Ross, she holds her own, u gotta love her, nobody does it better....also I like that Charlie Rose, I still watch him sometimes on CBS morning news...Good interview!
PEOPLE STILL HATE ON DIANA ROSS STRONG IS HECK SHE HUMAN SHE NOT PERFECT WHO IS. BUT STILL WHO YOU TO JUDGE HER HARSHLY TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY FROM HER IT JUST DRAWS THEM EVEN CLOSER TO HER JUST CUS YOU TRY TO PUT HER IMPERFECTIONS ON FRONT STREET. HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE NOTHEN TO DO WITH THAT. I SEE HER POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS. I CHOOSE TO BE INSPIRED BY THOSE ICONIC MOMENTS IN TIME. WHATS WRONG WITH PEOPLE TODAY. GIVE PEOPLE THERE JUST DO. THEY DID IT WITHOUT BREAKEN ANY RULES. THRU HARD WORK DEDICATION MOTIVATION AND STRONG BELIFE THEY COULD MAKE IT OUT OF A TUMULTUOUS DAY AND TIME. IN THEY DID. THEY EARNED APPLAUDS AND CREDIT FOR THEIR PERSEVERANCE. IN SO I TRY TO RELAY IT AS BEST I CAN. I HEAR PEOPLE SPEAK BAD OF HER I WOULD NEVER INTERVENE OH NO I JUST LOOK AT THEM BUT I THINK IN THERE HEARTS THEY NO HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
as we say in France : "une grande dame" ! Elle semble être équilibrée, loin des perversités du showbusiness qu'elle a fréquenté pourtant depuis très jeune. Elle m'a émue quand elle parlait de sa mère.
They seem a little bit flirtatious with one another. In the 90's, every male interviewer seemed a bit fascinated with Diana's sweet allure. David Letterman in 1995 was almost inviting her to his bed. And you can see a little bit of sexual tension between Charlie Rose and Diana here, especially between 20:40 - 21:40.
trocks1000 . Trust me... she has that star quality effect on people. Men find it very attractive that she seems like a real superwoman Career- no problem raise lots of kids- got it covered Make millions of dollars - piece of cake No gold digging needed. She knows how to make plenty of her own
People lie like hell,especially jealous hating ass people,they were wrong about Diana I never thought she was evil sneaky or trouble she always seemed nice and a good person to me.i dont listen 👂 to he said she said,I got by Diana the beautiful.
Loved this great interview. I remembered watching and recording this episode of Charlie Rose in 1993. Noticed how guarded Miss Ross was and how carefully selected her responses were. Wished that she had released that document-drama about her life, career and her thoughts about it all. Hopefully, she'll go on tour again to do a Q & A session like she did once many years.
It's So Ironic That A Lot Of Stars Talk About Being Lonely .. Whitney Has Talked About It .. Michael Has Talked About It, And Diana Talked About It In This Interview. Idk Why But That Sparked My Curiosity As To Why. Like She Said Here They Perform For Millions Of People .. Most Stars Have An Entourage Of People With Them Constantly Especially When On Tours And Such But A Lot Of The Huge Superstars/Icons Like Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, And Diana Ross Talk Bout Felling Lonely Or Being Alone. I Feel Like When You Are That Talented And Have So Many People Pulling You In So Many Different Directions It Feels Like You Are Alone .. No One Around You Has To Go Through What You Go Through On An Everyday Basis Because You Are Such An Icon In People's Eyes. No One But Them Truly Understands What It's Like To Be That Huge And For Everyone To Know Your Name And Have Their Own Opinions About You. I Guess That's Where The Lonely Feeling Comes From .. Feeling Like No One Around You Understands What You Have To Constantly Go Through
Charlie pressing her about what she 'holds back' about Berry. Maybe there's lines Mr. Rose. Maybe it's none of your business. In deference to my love and respect for Ms. Ross, I will not use foul language. It's taking everything I have to control myself.
PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND MY MAN...TO DETROITERS DIANA LIKE A BRAND....SHE FROM THE BRUSTERS BABE NO WHAT UM SAYN....THE BRUSTERS....SO SHE NO THE STRUGGLE EXCLUSIVE....WE LUV DIANA ROSS.. THE ULTIMATE BOSS..2 DUECES...KEEP REPRESENTING MY LADY. MOTOWN SALUTE CHU......
All that hair on Diana's head is overwhelming and shields the natural beauty in her face. Charlie Rose on the other hand OMG, time is not our friend. I had forgotten how handsome this man was 35 years ago. It was also interesting to be allowed into the heads of two egomaniacal celebrities establishing self worth towards the end of the interview when Charlie said to Diana, one more question and then I'm going to leave you, and Diana quickly replied, leave me, I'm going to leave you. LOL, funny, but very interesting to observe.
*I ADORE THE BOSS MISS ROSS. BUT UM CAN'T ANYONE ELSE SEE THAT MICHAEL JACKSON HAD MORPHED HIMSELF INTO HER B4 HE WENT OVERBOARD? THE FACE, SUPER SLENDER, THE VOICE. HE NOT ONLY WAS IN LOVE WITH HER, HE WANTED TO BE HER!!!!*
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She looks absolutely, gorgeous, stunning here.
No one has that kind of charisma, she is so beautiful & unique.
A strong independent person who took matters into her own hands. She needed to survive in a world that eats you up and spits you go. She is my favorite singer.
Exactly, in 1979 when she realized she was being ripped off by Berry, she went back to school to learn how to take matters into her own hands. Has faced a ridiculous amount of criticism despite her obvious gleaming musical and show biz talent, and numerous accolades and successes.
Their is something so beautiful about her. To where when you're watching her you just can't take your eye's off of her. Just class personified and so elegant as well...The Boss Mrs Ross!!
Diana Ross is just extraordinary woman.
Simply amazing lady. God bless her!!
I just love hearing her voice
She's soooo beautiful!
Diana Ross is just amazing. What a beautiful, intelligent and genuine soul.
Beautiful woman... all around. Intelligent too. From a classy generation.
I always loved her voice and thought she was so beautiful. Loved her in the movie Mahogany.
It's such a pleasure to see Diana Ross in such a candid light. So inspirational. This book was great. I still have my autographed copy in my closet. Diana Ross is the best!
Beyond the joy of hearing first hearing and seeing her in The Supremes, Diana has been an inspiration to me and my life. I am so inspired by her. Don’t look left, don’t look right and definitely don’t look back......go for your dreams!!!!
such a classy lady!
Great Interview.. My Perception Of Diana Has Honestly Totally Changed .. This Woman Is So Wise And Truly A Role Model
Breathtakingly beautiful here, the guarded nature mentioned by several posters is to be expected. Diana deserves her privacy, she like a lot of other performers need to hold somethings back in their every day life, especially when u give soo much on stage.
One of the most mature interviews - she was prepared and honorable in this interview
Amazing humble beautiful woman
This is probably one of her very best interviews ever. Despite all the artifice about her life, her appearance, her legend, her legacy, she seems very real, dare I say, authentic here. Well done, Charlie.
A great interview. The host is being investigative yet respectful. Diana is graceful and intelligent as usual. Thank you for this interview clip.
She is so beautiful.
She sounds like a person, at the time, about to turn 50 and a mother of 5. A person clear on her priorities. Obviously detached from her starting out as a teenager at Motown, Berry Gordy or a member of the Supremes, as that was a longtime ago, so she can only express it like a "memory". Almost like something you lived in another lifetime, because it's not something she is living now. She is a class-act. I've been in her company a few times and she's always been charming and approachable.
Wonderful interview she is so smart
DIANA A PRINCESS DEEMED A QUEEN...HER SMOKEY AND BARRY GORDY REIGN SUPREME....THE MOTOWN SOUND. ONE FAMILY ONE TEAM...MANY ACTS ONE DREAM....
I have always thought Diana Ross was and is one of the most guarded individuals I've ever known or read about and yet, in this interview with Charlie Rose, she comes across as more human and reflective than I've ever seen her. I don't think the long interview she did with Oprah revealed as much as this one has or maybe it was simply different because Oprah was coming from a much different place and so was Ms. Ross...in the answers she gave. I have been privileged to see her in concert several times and she is, absolutely, a consummate performer. She is also as beautiful and larger than life as you think she might be. Her audiences adore her and with good reason. When she goes into her "Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Reach Out & Touch" medley, the audience is already on the floor just waiting for her to come o touch them personally. There is much about her I'd love to know but everyone is entitled to their innermost thoughts and even their little secrets. I think it is still the situation with The Supremes...her relationships with Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson...as well as her liaison with Berry Gordy and Diana's departure from the group that stick in people's craws and what they'd most like to know much more about.
Awesome Interview.....What wise people!!!
Thank you so much. for I have only ever seen a 10 minute or so clip of this in a year end round up... Spellbinding! This is hands down her best interview EVER! She is focused and sober, introspective and articulate! She doesn't spew her usual rhetoric, and she looks PHENOMENONAL! WOW, WOW, WOW!!!
the Greatest Female Singer in the History of Music. MISS ROSS!
Cool interview. She's really genuine.
Great Interview, Thank you for this.
Miss Ross is quite a woman: a classy, elegant, gracious, supermom who adores her kids, a sensational entertainer who truly knows how to connect with her audience. I don't think I've ever seen a performer look more comfortable on stage than Diana Ross. There's also another side of her that one can sometimes detect in interviews like this one. She gives off moments where she's terribly secure and vulnerable and sometimes she has this look like she's a cornered panther and will strike at any second. There's something very coy and feline about Miss Ross and it's irresistible! Meow ;-)
She was a model for young michael jackson :)
Tite Flo yes and even more than that! she was the love of michael jackson s life. She was the only woman he ever loved and wanted to marry until he died !
this was sooooo awesome. thank you! never seen this, ever.
She looks great. My fav female artist of all time!!!
I've never seen this. This is the most in depth interview I've ever seen her.
She's is so beautiful 😍🤤
SO BEAUTIFUL
I'm so thankful for this amazing footage. I love this Diana's interview and I've been searching it for years here in TH-cam. This is one of her best interviews. It was posted here in 2009 but removed not much time later. Since then, I've been searching for it. Thank you a million times. @aikan74
Thank you so much for posting this!!! I've been dying to see it.
Michael Jackson had that same soft whispery voice.
Diana seems like someone who has been guarded because she made some mistakes and people won't let her live them down. No matter what, none of us were there when those things happened. And this interviewer wasn't terrible, but he seems to be really invasive with the Berry Gordy stuff. Everything has been said and I don't think there's more than we already know. It seems pretty cut and dry. People can't expect her to be so open when they won't let her live down her past. Very rarely do people criticize Berry for his role in everything.
Thank you very very much for this SUPER RARE interview.
Please more more Of Diana Ross stuff
WOW! Thank you so much for this!
Thank You for this very interesting interview with Miss Diana Ross, she holds her own, u gotta love her, nobody does it better....also I like that Charlie Rose, I still watch him sometimes on CBS morning news...Good interview!
I too echo sincere thanks! I love this interview!
PEOPLE STILL HATE ON DIANA ROSS STRONG IS HECK SHE HUMAN SHE NOT PERFECT WHO IS. BUT STILL WHO YOU TO JUDGE HER HARSHLY TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY FROM HER IT JUST DRAWS THEM EVEN CLOSER TO HER JUST CUS YOU TRY TO PUT HER IMPERFECTIONS ON FRONT STREET. HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE NOTHEN TO DO WITH THAT. I SEE HER POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS. I CHOOSE TO BE INSPIRED BY THOSE ICONIC MOMENTS IN TIME. WHATS WRONG WITH PEOPLE TODAY. GIVE PEOPLE THERE JUST DO. THEY DID IT WITHOUT BREAKEN ANY RULES. THRU HARD WORK DEDICATION MOTIVATION AND STRONG BELIFE THEY COULD MAKE IT OUT OF A TUMULTUOUS DAY AND TIME. IN THEY DID. THEY EARNED APPLAUDS AND CREDIT FOR THEIR PERSEVERANCE. IN SO I TRY TO RELAY IT AS BEST I CAN. I HEAR PEOPLE SPEAK BAD OF HER I WOULD NEVER INTERVENE OH NO I JUST LOOK AT THEM BUT I THINK IN THERE HEARTS THEY NO HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
She reminds me of Nancy Wilson. Just classy.
as we say in France : "une grande dame" ! Elle semble être équilibrée, loin des perversités du showbusiness qu'elle a fréquenté pourtant depuis très jeune. Elle m'a émue quand elle parlait de sa mère.
1993 she had hits in the 60s, she looks like she was born in the 70s or late 60 s!
I wish she would have talked more about films
Pretty.
They seem a little bit flirtatious with one another. In the 90's, every male interviewer seemed a bit fascinated with Diana's sweet allure. David Letterman in 1995 was almost inviting her to his bed. And you can see a little bit of sexual tension between Charlie Rose and Diana here, especially between 20:40 - 21:40.
trocks1000 . Trust me... she has that star quality effect on people. Men find it very attractive that she seems like a real superwoman
Career- no problem
raise lots of kids- got it covered
Make millions of dollars - piece of cake
No gold digging needed. She knows how to make plenty of her own
diana ross has always been a flirt...it a part of her charm..
People lie like hell,especially jealous hating ass people,they were wrong about Diana I never thought she was evil sneaky or trouble she always seemed nice and a good person to me.i dont listen 👂 to he said she said,I got by Diana the beautiful.
Loved this great interview. I remembered watching and recording this episode of Charlie Rose in 1993. Noticed how guarded Miss Ross was and how carefully selected her responses were. Wished that she had released that document-drama about her life, career and her thoughts about it all. Hopefully, she'll go on tour again to do a Q & A session like she did once many years.
It's So Ironic That A Lot Of Stars Talk About Being Lonely .. Whitney Has Talked About It .. Michael Has Talked About It, And Diana Talked About It In This Interview. Idk Why But That Sparked My Curiosity As To Why. Like She Said Here They Perform For Millions Of People .. Most Stars Have An Entourage Of People With Them Constantly Especially When On Tours And Such But A Lot Of The Huge Superstars/Icons Like Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, And Diana Ross Talk Bout Felling Lonely Or Being Alone. I Feel Like When You Are That Talented And Have So Many People Pulling You In So Many Different Directions It Feels Like You Are Alone .. No One Around You Has To Go Through What You Go Through On An Everyday Basis Because You Are Such An Icon In People's Eyes. No One But Them Truly Understands What It's Like To Be That Huge And For Everyone To Know Your Name And Have Their Own Opinions About You. I Guess That's Where The Lonely Feeling Comes From .. Feeling Like No One Around You Understands What You Have To Constantly Go Through
she was 49 here? WTF?
Charlie pressing her about what she 'holds back' about Berry. Maybe there's lines Mr. Rose. Maybe it's none of your business. In deference to my love and respect for Ms. Ross, I will not use foul language. It's taking everything I have to control myself.
Ladies, take note, this is C-LA-S-S-!!! :-)
PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND MY MAN...TO DETROITERS DIANA LIKE A BRAND....SHE FROM THE BRUSTERS BABE NO WHAT UM SAYN....THE BRUSTERS....SO SHE NO THE STRUGGLE EXCLUSIVE....WE LUV DIANA ROSS..
THE ULTIMATE BOSS..2 DUECES...KEEP REPRESENTING MY LADY. MOTOWN SALUTE CHU......
According to the infos on Wikipedia Diana Ross is 49 in that video. How is that even possible?
Easy, black don't crack. #TeamMelanin
Emma Philomena , Easy. no drugs. no alcohol . the best food. exercise
White people cannot handle sun exposure. It doesn't effect Latino and black
What happened at 35? MJ happened. A woman who is loved feels confident.
All that hair on Diana's head is overwhelming and shields the natural beauty in her face. Charlie Rose on the other hand OMG, time is not our friend. I had forgotten how handsome this man was 35 years ago. It was also interesting to be allowed into the heads of two egomaniacal celebrities establishing self worth towards the end of the interview when Charlie said to Diana, one more question and then I'm going to leave you, and Diana quickly replied, leave me, I'm going to leave you. LOL, funny, but very interesting to observe.
*I ADORE THE BOSS MISS ROSS. BUT UM CAN'T ANYONE ELSE SEE THAT MICHAEL JACKSON HAD MORPHED HIMSELF INTO HER B4 HE WENT OVERBOARD? THE FACE, SUPER SLENDER, THE VOICE. HE NOT ONLY WAS IN LOVE WITH HER, HE WANTED TO BE HER!!!!*
She reminds me of a Whitney Houston. And the guy just looked like he just got out of bed.
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