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.

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.

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'm very spontaneous.

I'm very spontaneous.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 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...

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

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

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 never thought I would be singing for the world.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

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'm very shy in a crowd.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

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 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'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...