Patti LaBelle Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Years, Appreciate, Taught

  FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Sep 19, 2012

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Thinking, Race, People

  Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.

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• I'm no different than you.

  Patti LaBelle

  Different

  FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Nov 08, 2012

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• It's a sweet thing, faith. With it, you can handle any circumstance, any crisis, because you know God always has your back. And when God is for you, who can be against you? Nobody. As my Aunt Hattie says, "One and God are a majority."

  Patti LaBelle

  Faith, Sweet, Aunt

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Strong, Kicking It, Prisoner

  FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Jan 25, 2013

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

  Patti LaBelle

  Real, Performers, Decades

  "Patti LaBelle: The People’s Diva". Interview with Damainion Ewell, allhiphop.com. June 1, 2004.

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• There's not much longevity in music today. It's so easy to go in, put some pretentious lyrics on, with people saying the same thing over and over and over.

  Patti LaBelle

  People, Today, Easy

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Girl, Song, Mary J Blige

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Party, Years, Shoes

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

  Patti LaBelle

  Racism, Racist, Canada

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Thinking, People, Answers

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• All these little heifers who can't sing are called ‘divas’.

  Patti LaBelle

  Littles

  "Patti LaBelle On ‘Little Heifers Who Can’t Sing,’ Why She’s Not A Diva". Interview with Chris Azzopardi, pridesource.com. January 21, 2014.

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

  Patti LaBelle

  Strong, Night, Stills

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Book, Home, Phones

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Trouble, Performing, Chorus

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• All I do is stay in the kitchen and cook. I don't go there to party.

  Patti LaBelle

  Party, Kitchen, Cooks

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• I never thought I would be singing for the world.

  Patti LaBelle

  Singing, Would Be, World

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

  Patti LaBelle

  Doe, Crafts, Perfectionist

  FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Jan 30, 2013

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• As Aunt Naomi was listing all the things she was going to do to help this person, her friend stopped her in mid-sentence. "Naomi, girl," she said, "you need to resign as general manager of the universe. You need to learn that sometimes the best way to help a person is to let them help themselves. Otherwise, they never learn how. And they are always going to make their problems your problems."

  Patti LaBelle

  Girl, Aunt, Needs

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Married, Loving Myself

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• I'm so grounded, it's sad.

  Patti LaBelle

  Grounded

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Dirty, House, Helping

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Song, Queens, Years

  "Patti LaBelle: The People’s Diva". Interview with Damainion Ewell, allhiphop.com. June 1, 2004.

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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.

  Patti LaBelle

  Want, Matter, Remembered

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

  Patti LaBelle

  Funny, Humorous, Entrepreneur

  FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Jan 24, 2013

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