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.

I'm so grounded, it's sad.

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

God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within.

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

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