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Literally wanted to be able to s say. that is why i revere him. hal was really mild mannered. but burt is very strong. so, you have to be sure of yourself. and dionne had that quality. >> i would always try to get her to stop smoking. its a hard habit to break. i guess i had been on her case a little bit. and she had some t-shirts made up. dont tell me to stop smoking. its pretty good. >> in the 1950s and 60s, there was race music. so, there was rhythm and blues, which was considered for african...

But she said, theyre not going to tell me what to do. >> she went through a time where it was just hard being a black person, let alone being a black woman. but that made her who she is. and i believe that what dont kill you makes you stronger. >> you almost had to have a music education just to read what he wrote. different eregisters, signature. man marched to his drummer. you wanted to be a part of that, you had to march with them. >> dionne had been reading music. she was able to prevail at ...

It was just hard being a black person, let alone being a black woman. but that made her who she is. and i believe that what dont kill you makes you stronger. >> to sing back baccarats melodies, you have to have a music education just to read what he wrote. different registers, signatures. man marched to his drummer. you wanted to be a part of that, you had to march with them. >> dionne had been reading music. she was able to prevail at piano. thats a real plus. >> there were a few of us who deci...

She can look at a piece of music, the notes on the page, interpret that, and then make those notes come to life in a special way. it was an amazing thing because her training made that sound easy. >> burt bacharach and david wrote very rangy melodies. and she just effortlessly sang them. >> i am forever grateful i learned as much from her as i learned from john coltrane. >> in the 60s, though we were often visiting detroit, we hear dionne. her unique interpretation of the burt bacharach and hal ...

Over," the phones lit up. i knew from that moment, dionne warwick would become a star. >> i was coming home one day listening to a pop station, and it came on. and i said, oh, my god, they did it. >> i met dionne when i was 13. i remember hearing "dont make me over." and i said, you know, theres a new song out by dionne warwick, incredible. >> burt bacharach and hal david, great. but dionne was the glove that fitted them perfectly. she was the one. ♪ >> in the name of the greatest people that ...

>> they were forming what i would call a musical marriage. and the way she brought their songs to life, it was just magic. ♪ i say a little prayer for you ♪ >> i dont like it. >> i dont like it. >> i would write and it would be the piano. and maybe i would have part of a melodic fragment. maybe howard would have a lyric, a title. thats how we started. ♪ >> the more we recorded dionne, the more you could see what she could do -- ♪ i say a little prayer for you ♪ >> i think hal david was...

And the way she brought their songs to life, it was just magic. ♪ i say a little prayer for you ♪ >> i dont like it. >> i dont like it. >> i would write and it would be the piano. and maybe i would have part of a melodic fragment. maybe hal would have a lyric, a title. thats how we started. ♪ >> the more we recorded dionne, the more you could see what she could do -- ♪ i say a little prayer for you ♪ >> i think hal david was tuned in to the world. i dont call him a lyricist. i call him...

A conversation with the five-time Grammy-winning singer who is the subject of a new career-spanning documentary, “Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over.”

WBGO’s Pat Prescott talks with the legendary singer Dionne Warwick about her long and storied career and about the new documentary airing on CNN.

As a new CNN documentary celebrates her groundbreaking career, the singer opens up about her legacy, her missteps and, yes, the state of Twitter.