I refuse to allow prejudice to defeat me.

It was step by step that I earned my way into the lives and hearts of people by giving them recordings that I grew to love and as I found my listening audience also grew to love.

What do you get when you kiss a guy? You get enough germs to catch pneumonia. After you do, he'll never phone you.

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

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

All the stars that never were are parking cars and pumping gas.

I was told by my grandfather who was a minister that we all were put here on earth to be of service to one another, and it is quite gratifying to know that if I am able to be of help to one that is not able to help themselves then I am fulfilling my obligation as a human being.