Patti LaBelle Quotes

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• You don't have to be an angel, just be someone who can give.
• I've never been with a woman, so I guess I'm straight, OK? But I'm straight enough to know the difference between right and wrong. I…
• When you take your troubles to God, you may have them but they don't have you.
• Many a false step is made standing still.
• That's another lesson I've learned the hard way. All relationships will die if they aren't nurtured. Just as a flower will die if it's not…
• I never wanted to go on stage alone because if you mess up, who can you blame?
• I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.
• Being honored at Berklee College of Music; I got a doctorate. I am Doctor Patti.
• I always have to go that extra mile, and I do it and I don't mind doing it, but it isn't fair.
• 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…
• I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.
• I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.
• I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.
• I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.
• I never thought I would be singing for the world.
• I was very shy. I'm still shy.
• I'll perform all the way to the grave.
• I know how to put it on when it comes to interviews and performing because I have to. But I'm pretty laid back.
• Tell Aretha I’ll be praying for herBecause she needs Jesus!I love her.
• 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…

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