I like Brazilians and I like their values. They believe in family.

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

I have been blessed with some incredible compositions to record and perform and all of my songs have had the ability to grow as I and those who have supported this career of mine for these 50 years have.

A case of can't do with, can't do without, that's why I married him again.

I'd like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war - a cool place where everyone could live.

I treat others exactly the way I want to be treated.

I had said before that I'd never write an autobiography because I've been around, and there's a lot that I've seen and heard that stays with me. That's just mine. I didn't want to do a kiss-and-tell, as some of my peers have.