Patti LaBelle

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

“I never thought I would be singing for the world.”

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

“I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.”

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

“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.”

“I was very shy. I'm still shy.”

“I'll perform all the way to the grave.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“You've got to know business before you go to show business.”

“I've been shut down, run down, talked about, dogged out, but that never stopped me from the being the true me that's here and will be here.”

“All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.”

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

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

“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.”

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