107 Quotes by Patti LaBelle

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

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

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

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

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

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

I'll perform all the way to the grave.

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