Patti LaBelle Quotes

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Patti LaBelle

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 24, 1944

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

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I'm very spontaneous.

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

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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.

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I never thought I would be singing for the world.

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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.

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I'm very shy in a crowd.

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I'll perform all the way to the grave.

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

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I truly respect the people who are working. If they want an autograph from Patti LaBelle, they are going to get it. I have never separated myself from them. I never think you are better than the next one.

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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.

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

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

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Whenever I go out, so many people who respect me ask me what to do in a certain situation. A lot of times, I didn't know the answers because sometimes I was going through the same sort of thing. But then later on, I would think of things that people told me.

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When I was married, I wasn't loving myself. Now I'm in love with myself. I will get married again.

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

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I don't tweet, Twitter, email, Facebook, look book, no kind of book. I have a land line phone at my home - that's the only phone I have. If my phone rang every day like everyone else around me, I would lose my mind.

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I clean my house, although I have help. I'm on the floor getting spots. I can't stand a dirty house. I'm a cleaning fanatic.

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