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

Quote by Patti LaBelle

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've...

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've...

I'm very shy in a crowd.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

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.

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 have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

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

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

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...

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

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...

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'll perform all the way to the grave.

I'll perform all the way to the grave.

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 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 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...

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...