Dionne Warwick attends the Dionne Warwick Gala for Bowie State University in March 2023.Photo:Tasos Katopodis/Getty
Tasos Katopodis/Getty
Dionne Warwickisn’t ready for retirement just yet!
“It’s still a bunch of fun. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be doing it," she tells PEOPLE at thePostcards from Brazil, Volume 2release party, held atUrban Press Wineryin Burbank, California on Monday. “When it becomes a job, that’s when you won’t see me anymore.”
Dionne Warwick singing in London, England.Hulton Archive/Getty
Hulton Archive/Getty
Warwick — who performed“That’s What Friends Are For”alongside her granddaughter Cheyenne Elliot at the event Monday — also revealed that despite boasting fiveGrammys, she still has her sights set on other awards.
“There’s still theOscar,the Emmy, the Tony, not necessarily that order,” she tells PEOPLE.
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As for the best career advice she’s ever received, Warwick says simply that it’s to “be who I am.”
“I can’t be anybody else,” she adds. “I don’t want to be anybody else.”
Todd Hunter and Dionne Warwick in January 2023.Araya Doheny/Getty
Araya Doheny/Getty
Speaking to PEOPLE in December 2022, Warwickopened up about other aspects of her lifeand revealed that while dating was no longer a priority she still wasn’t ready to close that chapter entirely.
“Everybody needs companionship,” she said. “Let’s not be crazy. However, it is not my priority right now. When I feel the need to have company, I know where to go and who to call.”
One person that’s unlikely to be isLeonardo DiCaprio. In September 2022, Warwick jokingly commented on the rumor that the Oscar winner, 48, does not date women over the age of 25.
“I just heard about Leonardo DiCaprio’s 25-year rule. His loss,” sheposted about the actorvia X. “You don’t know what you’re missing.”
source: people.com
