Patti LaBelle Quotes

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.
Patti LaBelle

Good, Great, Heart

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

Best, Giving, Means

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

Best, Someone, Her

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

Though, Anybody, Prove

I want to be remembered as a woman who was fair and always gave 150 percent, no matter what I did.
Patti LaBelle

Woman, Matter, Fair

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

Life, Humor, Outta

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

Someone, Give, Angel

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.
Patti LaBelle

Nothing, Percent

I know how to put it on when it comes to interviews and performing because I have to. But I'm pretty laid back.
Patti LaBelle

Pretty, Put, Laid

I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry.
Patti LaBelle

Music, Cry, Lyrics

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

Love, Racism, Canada

I was very shy. I'm still shy.
Patti LaBelle

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

Women, Strong, Themselves

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.
Patti LaBelle

Year, Shoes, Wants

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.
Patti LaBelle

Place, Songs, Younger

I decided to always sing in the back with the chorus and never went up front because I had trouble performing.
Patti LaBelle

Trouble, Sing, Front

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

Smile, Makes, Stuff

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

Real, After, Keep

I never thought I would be singing for the world.
Patti LaBelle

Thought, Singing

I never wanted to go on stage alone because if you mess up, who can you blame?
Patti LaBelle

Alone, Blame, Wanted

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

Kid, Shy, Handle

I'll perform all the way to the grave.
Patti LaBelle

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.
Patti LaBelle

Women, Trying, Songs

I'm no different than you.
Patti LaBelle

I'm so grounded, it's sad.
Patti LaBelle

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Nationality: American

Born: May 24, 1944

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