Top 60 Dionne Warwick Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “A fool will lose tomorrow reaching back for yesterday.”

— Dionne Warwick

2. “Crying is cleansing. There’s a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.”

— Dionne Warwick

3. “My motto in life is ‘If you think it, you can do it’ and if we all apply that thought we can end hunger the world over.”

— Dionne Warwick

4. “What’s it all about Alfie, is it just the moment we live?”

— Dionne Warwick

5. “Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it.”

— Dionne Warwick

6. “Dust does rise, doesn’t it? And so can I.”

— Dionne Warwick

7. “I treat others exactly the way I want to be treated.”

— Dionne Warwick

8. “Man will never understand woman and vice versa. We are oil and water. An equal level can never be maintained, as one will always excel where the other doesn’t, and that breeds resentment.”

— Dionne Warwick

9. “I am an outspoken person. I believe in what I say.”

— Dionne Warwick

10. “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.”

— Dionne Warwick

11. “You’ll never get to heaven, if you break my heart.”

— Dionne Warwick

12. “I’m not psychic myself.”

— Dionne Warwick

13. “I often feel the need of a man to take care of me, even though I can certainly take care of myself.”

— Dionne Warwick

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

— Dionne Warwick

15. “Before I put on my make up, I say a little prayer for you.”

— Dionne Warwick

16. “Linda Georgian is a wonderful psychic. She can do amazing things.”

— Dionne Warwick

17. “I still have some very dear friends from school, and we get together whenever possible.”

— Dionne Warwick

18. “I come from a singing family and as is said, ‘the apple does not fall far from the tree.’”

— Dionne Warwick

19. “I refuse to allow prejudice to defeat me.”

— Dionne Warwick

20. “A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.”

— Dionne Warwick

21. “I first came to Brazil in the Sixties. Then I started coming back every year since touring most of the country. I grew to love it, the people, the music. I thought this is where I belong. I’ve been living in Brazil for the past 23 years. I call it my stress-free country.”

— Dionne Warwick

22. “I’d like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war – a cool place where everyone could live.”

— Dionne Warwick

23. “My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.”

— Dionne Warwick

24. “The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It’s about what’s right. And it’s about time.”

— Dionne Warwick

25. “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.”

— Dionne Warwick

26. “People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment.”

— Dionne Warwick

27. “Tom Walls and his cohort are wolves in sheep’s clothing who will besmirch the memory of some genuine historic figures by the next full moon.”

— Dionne Warwick

28. “Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists between women and men in these communities is holding back progress. These women have a very tough time, so much is expected of them.”

— Dionne Warwick

29. “The music for me is paradise. I think it’s where God lives.”

— Dionne Warwick

30. “Do you know the way to San Hose?”

— Dionne Warwick

31. “My songs are like my children. I love every single one of them.”

— Dionne Warwick

32. “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!”

— Dionne Warwick

33. “The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people’s obsession.”

— Dionne Warwick

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

— Dionne Warwick

35. “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.”

— Dionne Warwick

36. “Do you know that other than my father, I’ve never had a man take care of me?”

— Dionne Warwick

37. “I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me.”

— Dionne Warwick

38. “I have bought a lot of beautiful clothes with my money, but I’ve also earned it.”

— Dionne Warwick

39. “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.”

— Dionne Warwick

40. “I’ve had some incredible moments in my life – thus far. I hope a lot more are coming.”

— Dionne Warwick

41. “Country music is so related to gospel. It seems I could go down that road pretty easily.”

— Dionne Warwick

42. “It is frustrating to be a Black woman in the entertainment industry.”

— Dionne Warwick

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

— Dionne Warwick

44. “I am a combination of my entire family.”

— Dionne Warwick

45. “I like Brazilians and I like their values. They believe in family.”

— Dionne Warwick

46. “I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard.”

— Dionne Warwick

47. “A case of can’t do with, can’t do without, that’s why I married him again.”

— Dionne Warwick

48. “Every time we buy a CD or download a song, the artist is paid for their work. You might not know that this isn’t the case when a musician’s work is played on the radio.”

— Dionne Warwick

49. “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.”

— Dionne Warwick

50. “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.”

— Dionne Warwick