Grammy Award-winning singer Patti Austin was instrumental in helping mentor Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie make "We Are the World - 25 for Haiti," and she shares insightful moments on the historic re-recording of the classic song!

"Here we are 25 years later; sadly we have this horrible thing happen in Haiti, but fortunately we have this great piece of music to represent and hopefully raise more and more money to help this situation -- and yet a newer, even more illustrious set of egos to deal with," she says with a laugh. "I was brought in to help deal with all of that, but also to help restructure the backgrounds, update the choruses for the 21st century -- we changed the phrasing a little bit, we changed a note here and there -- and adapted it for this new crop of people that we have out there that are most recognizeable."

Stars who participated (of the more than 80) included Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Miley Cyrus, P!nk, Jennifer Hudson, The Jonas Brothers, Josh Groban, Natalie Cole, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Tony Bennett, Jamie Foxx, Nicole Richie, Jeff Bridges and Vince Vaughn.

Of the potential "check your ego at the door" situation, Patti reveals, "None of that existed in the room; I mean the room was full of some of the biggest talent in this business all at one time, and the vibe was so positive. ... It came from the heart."

Patti says her dream moment was getting to work with Streisand to produce her solo segment of the song. "I had a great relationship with her," she says. "It was amazing to get into the studio with her and work on this wonderful line that she was going to sing that kind of introduces the melody for the first time."

"We Are the World -- 25 For Haiti" will premiere later this month during the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver on NBC.

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