I always have to go that extra mile, and I do it and I don't mind doing it, but it isn't fair..

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..

I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry..

That's another lesson I've learned the hard way. All relationships will die if they aren't nurtured. Just as a flower will die if it's not watered. B….

Being honored at Berklee College of Music; I got a doctorate. I am Doctor Patti..

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

I think the race situation is getting better as far as people respecting each other goes. I think the race situation with entertainment is not that m….

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

I'm still standing up there tall and strong every night that I perform..

I'm very shy in a crowd..

I'm so grounded, it's sad..

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

I was very shy. I'm still shy..

In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want..

I want to be remembered as a woman who was fair and always gave 150 percent, no matter what I did..

I decided to always sing in the back with the chorus and never went up front because I had trouble performing..

I know how to put it on when it comes to interviews and performing because I have to. But I'm pretty laid back..

I'm very spontaneous..

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

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..

Here's the thing about faith: It gives us the strength to go on when we want to give in. It gives us the courage to get up when we want to lie down. ….