What do women really think about gray?

“I think we’re the first gray- haired generation that isn’t invisible.” Carol Tanenbaum, consultant

“It took guts to do it, it really did; but I would never, never, never go back.” Dr. Anne-Rene Testa, psychologist

“For me, the decision was not to go gray, but whether to color my hair. I find color an enormous commitment.” Ellen Fox, financial adviser, Rockefeller Foundation

“I’ve been provided with this light around me, which I think softens whatever 'minuscule' wrinkles I have.” Marilyn Sokol, actress

“I feel so much better now than when I used to get compliments on my dyed hair. I used to feel it’s not me. But now – it’s all me!” Setsuko Nagata Ikeda

“I have great fun with it; people stop me all the time. From the time I was sixteen, people were telling me how cool it was.” JoAnne

“I just like gray. I’ve always liked it. I can’t wait until it goes all white.” Rita Citron

“I've actually been called foxy with this hair. And I always say, 'You mean silver foxy.” Joan Kaner

“My hairdresser told me, 'People pay a lot of money to get their hair this color.'” Deborah Aiges

“I started to gray at eighteen, and I’ve been every color imaginable since then. . .dark black/brown, purple, navy... but it got to the point where I didn’t know what color it was underneath, anymore. White was my 40th birthday gift to myself.” Chazz Levi

“People have a preconceived notion about what gray hair should look like, or what gray-haired people should wear, or how old they have to be. I didn't even realize I had gray hair until I started noticing their reactions.” Ruth Lawson

“I am in the book and I am proud to be. There was only one time I tried covering my gray. I hated it. People stopped complimenting me, strangers no longer spoke to me. I immediately went back to natural color which was salt & pepper at the time. Now I am totally silver.” Jamie deRoy, Jamie deRoy & Friends, on MNN, every other Tuesday at 8:00 PM Time Warner, channel 67 and RCN, channel 109