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

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

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.

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."

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

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

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