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

quote by Patti LaBelle
Added by Veronica Serbanoiu
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by Patti LaBelle
Added by Veronica Serbanoiu
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by Patti LaBelle
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by Patti LaBelle
Added by Veronica Serbanoiu
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by Patti LaBelle
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by Patti LaBelle
Added by Veronica Serbanoiu
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by Patti LaBelle
Added by Veronica Serbanoiu
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by Patti LaBelle
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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.

quote by Patti LaBelle
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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.

quote by Patti LaBelle
Added by Veronica Serbanoiu
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!