Patti LaBelle Quotes

• I’m so grounded, it’s sad.

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• I’m no different than you.

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

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

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

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

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

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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’m very spontaneous.

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• I’m very shy in a crowd.

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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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• I’ll perform all the way to the grave.

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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 never thought I would be singing for the world.

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

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

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Patti LaBelle (26)

Birth:	24th May, 1944
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Lyricist, Singer

About

Patti LaBelle is an American singer, author, and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry. LaBelle spent 16 years as lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, who changed their name to Labelle in the early 1970s and released the iconic disco song "Lady Marmalade". Labelle are also noted for being the first African American group to play at the prestigious Metropolitan Opera House and the first African American vocal group to land the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

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