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

    FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Jan 24, 2013
  • That's another lesson I've learned the hard way. All relationships will die if they aren't nurtured. Just as a flower will die if it's not watered. Because love is demonstration, not declaration.

  • I was very shy. I'm still shy.

  • I'm so grounded, it's sad.

  • 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.

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

  • It's a sweet thing, faith. With it, you can handle any circumstance, any crisis, because you know God always has your back. And when God is for you, who can be against you? Nobody. As my Aunt Hattie says, "One and God are a majority."

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

    FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Aug 14, 2012
  • So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

    FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Mar 07, 2013
  • I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.

    FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Feb 06, 2013
  • In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.

  • Many a false step is made standing still.

    Patti Labelle (2003). “Patti Labelle's Lite Cuisine”, p.109, Penguin
  • Once I stopped dwelling on what I didn't have, on what I thought I was going to lose, and began to give freely, everything opened up for me. Everything began to flow into my life.

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

  • 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.

    FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Jan 02, 2013
  • I've never been with a woman, so I guess I'm straight, OK? But I'm straight enough to know the difference between right and wrong. I am straight enough to know that if you want to marry whoever you want to marry, you should be able to marry whoever you want to marry

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

    FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Jan 08, 2013
  • I'm very spontaneous.

    "The Health Gospel According To Patti Labelle". Interview with Greg Morago, articles.courant.com. September 28, 2006.
  • A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.

    FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Jan 30, 2013
  • 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.

  • I always have to go that extra mile, and I do it and I don't mind doing it, but it isn't fair.

    Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.
  • Real divas give 150 percent. If they don't have the right dress, they'll go out in whatever they have. If there are no microphones, they'll still put on a show. They are people who put their heart and soul in what they do.

  • I'm very shy in a crowd.

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

    "Patti LaBelle: The People’s Diva". Interview with Damainion Ewell, allhiphop.com. June 1, 2004.
  • I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

    FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Aug 30, 2012
  • I think the race situation is getting better as far as people respecting each other goes. I think the race situation with entertainment is not that much better.

    Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.
  • I'm still standing up there tall and strong every night that I perform.

  • 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.

    FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Sep 19, 2012
  • I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.

    "Patti LaBelle: The People’s Diva". Interview with Damainion Ewell, allhiphop.com. June 1, 2004.
  • I never thought I would be singing for the world.

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    Patti LaBelle

    • Born: May 24, 1944
    • Occupation: Author