Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.
A fool will lose tomorrow reaching back for yesterday
We are all here to be a service to those who can't be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human.
If you can think it, you can do it
I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me.
I treat others exactly the way I want to be treated.
Dust does rise, doesn't it? And so can I.
My parents gave me stability and a belief in myself and in all the possibilities life has to offer. I was told the only limitations I would ever face were those I placed upon myself.
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.
I am an outspoken person. I believe in what I say.
Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.
I refuse to allow prejudice to defeat me.
I love what I do. I was given the most incredible gift that can be given to anyone. I could never imagine a world without music, and I feel grateful that I've been given the ability to share that.
The music for me is paradise. I think it's where God lives.
All my friends and peers keep asking me when I'm going to rest - I just tell them it's another dirty four-letter word!
You'll never get to heaven, if you break my heart.
I don't think there's anything I can't do. I have no regrets.
The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's obsession.
A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.
I'd like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war - a cool place where everyone could live.
I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.
I am a combination of my entire family.
Do you know that other than my father, I've never had a man take care of me?
My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.
I don't give advice. 90% of the time nobody takes it anyway. I will give encouragement and if asked a question as to how, or why I did certain things and if I think this will help whomever is asking the question I will do this.
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