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

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• Patti LaBelle:

  I never thought I would be singing for the world.

• Patti LaBelle:

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

• Patti LaBelle:

  I can't do some of the songs that younger girls like Mary J. Blige and Beyonce are doing. They have

• Patti LaBelle:

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

• Patti LaBelle:

  I was very shy. I'm still shy.

• Patti LaBelle:

  I'm very shy in a crowd.

• Patti LaBelle:

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

• Patti LaBelle:

  I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

• Patti LaBelle:

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

• Patti LaBelle:

  I'll perform all the way to the grave.