Peace of mind just can't be bought. Trust me: Even if your conscience doesn't stop you from playing dirty to get what you want, once you get it, it will keep you from enjoying it. As my mother used to say, "A good conscience is God's eye." Which is why I always prefer a loss to an underhanded gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

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

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

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

When you take your troubles to God, you may have them but they don't have you.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

I don't tweet, Twitter, email, Facebook, look book, no kind of book. I have a land line phone at my home - that's the only phone I have. If my phone rang every day like everyone else around me, I would lose my mind.