DIONNE WARWICK

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.

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

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.

Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.

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.

Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.

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 treat others exactly the way I want to be treated.

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

The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's obsession. I feel watched 90% of the time, but that is something I drew with the cards that I drew.

I'd like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war - a cool place where everyone could live.

I don't think there's anything I can't do. I have no regrets.

Do you know that other than my father, I've never had a man take care of me?

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.

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.

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

I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled.

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.

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.

There was a time in the marriage when I could no longer look at myself in a mirror, couldn't feel I was a nice person. A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.

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

I come from a singing family and as is said, 'the apple does not fall far from the tree.'

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

The music for me is paradise. I think it's where God lives.

I'm not psychic myself.