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Dionne Warwick
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“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.”
Dionne Warwick (born 1940) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.”
Dionne Warwick (born 1940) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.”
Dionne Warwick (born 1940) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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…
“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.”
Dionne Warwick (born 1940) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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)