Patti LaBelle Quotes (31 Quotes)

I can't do some of the songs that younger girls like Mary J. Blige and Beyonce are doing. They have their own place and I have my own place.

Everybody goes through the same thing it doesn't matter what color you are. And Joss Stone just happened to wake up one morning with all this soul that had to come out.

I love Canadians because I don't see very much racism in Canada.

They have the right name. They must be deaf if they don't hear me.

Carlos Santana and I talked about that. So it'll be us with the girls. We all wanna do something. We're gonna plan. It's spontaneous but it has to be done.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

People with no humor, they're outta my life.

I'm no different than you.

I have spoken to a friend of mine. Actually, she was my background singer and she lives in New Orleans. I gave her a home today. I told her to move in with me because everything she ever thought of is gone.

I'll perform all the way to the grave.

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white - it's amazing that I'm able to connect with so many different kinds of people.

I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

Every time I come to Cincinnati, it's hot.

Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no prisoners.

I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop Queen, although I am the original Hip Hop Queen.

So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for each year. I don't want no diamonds, I don't want no shoes, I don't want no party. I want some crabs.

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.

I'm very spontaneous.

A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.

I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.

You don't have to be an angel, just be someone who can give.

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

All I do is stay in the kitchen and cook. I don't go there to party.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

There's not much longevity in music today. It's so easy to go in, put some pretentious lyrics on, with people saying the same thing over and over and over.