107 Quotes by Patti LaBelle

I clean my house, although I have help. I’m on the floor getting spots. I can’t stand a dirty house. I’m a cleaning fanatic.

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

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.

It’s a sweet thing, faith. With it, you can handle any circumstance, any crisis, because you know God always has your back. And when God is for you, who can be against you? Nobody. As my Aunt Hattie says, “One and God are a majority.”

So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs – one for each year. I don’t want no diamonds, I don’t want no shoes, I don’t want no party. I want some crabs.

Anger is like the blade of a butcher knife – very difficult to hold on to for long without harming yourself.

When you take your troubles to God, you may have them but they don’t have you.

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

Real divas give 150 percent. If they don’t have the right dress, they’ll go out in whatever they have. If there are no microphones, they’ll still put on a show. They are people who put their heart and soul in what they do.