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

Quote by Patti LaBelle

Topics: Diva Quotes

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.

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 have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

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...

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...

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

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

I'll perform all the way to the grave.

I'll perform all the way to the grave.

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...

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 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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...