Dionne Warwick 1969

Dionne Warwick (born December 12, 1940) is a Grammy Award-winning singer, actress, television host, and former U.N. Global Ambassador.

Quotes

• From what I was taught at home, I already knew what I was doing and how to act and how to dress and how to speak. I came from a safe, solid home.
  • On not needing a chaperone or etiquette coach when entering the music business in “Dionne Warwick on singing, psychics and the hell of segregation: 'We all bleed red blood'” in The Guardian (2020 Mar 23)

• Wars, segregation, everything that the entire world is going through, emotionally, mentally and physically, it’s in a sad state right now…There’s segregation going on in the States, and segregation going on in the UK. There’s segregation going on everywhere, it’s still the same.
  • On the state of the world in 2020 in “Dionne Warwick on singing, psychics and the hell of segregation: 'We all bleed red blood'” in The Guardian (2020 Mar 23)

• I’m not a marcher, I’m a doer…I believe I was the first [African American woman] to win a Grammy in the pop arena, which was basically almost designated for white people..So it was kind of unheard of. I was probably the first person in a lot of areas.
  • On not being directly involved with the Civil Rights Movement but being a trailblazer in her own right in “Dionne Warwick on singing, psychics and the hell of segregation: 'We all bleed red blood'” in The Guardian (2020 Mar 23)

• Performing. That gratification you get when people are enjoying themselves or you see an arm go around a shoulder or somebody grab a hand. It's nice to know that you're part of that particular moment of their lives.
  • On what she loves the most about the music business in “Dionne Warwick: 'I refused a couple of Bacharach and David songs'” in The Guardian (2012 Nov 29)

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