Quotes from Patti LaBelle

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

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

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

I'm very shy in a crowd.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

I'm very spontaneous.

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.

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

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.

God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within.

Anger is like the blade of a butcher knife - very difficult to hold on to for long without harming yourself.

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

The smallest deed is greater than the grandest intention.

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