Patti LaBelle Quotes

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Patti LaBelle

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 24, 1944

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

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I'm so grounded, it's sad.

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

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

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

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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.

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I'm no different than you.

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I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

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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.

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I was very shy. I'm still shy.

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

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I'm still standing up there tall and strong every night that I perform.

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

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I've been shut down, run down, talked about, dogged out, but that never stopped me from the being the true me that's here and will be here.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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