Diahann Carroll

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning. ”

I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and the roller coaster ride... how the people I associated with worked together. ”

I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice. ”