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

Quote by Patti LaBelle

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I'll perform all the way to the grave.

I'll perform all the way to the grave.

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

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

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

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

I'm very spontaneous.

I'm very spontaneous.

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

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

So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for...

So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for...

Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt...

Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt...

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

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

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

I can't do some of the songs that younger girls like Mary J. Blige and...

I can't do some of the songs that younger girls like Mary J. Blige and...

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white -...

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white -...

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop...

I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop...

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

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

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

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

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone...

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone...

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

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

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

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