There is nothing more personal than your values. What you will and won't do to get ahead, the lines you will and won't cross to win, whom you will and won't step on for personal gain, are at the very core of your code of honor. And your code of honor determines your character. And your character is who you are. Behind closed doors. When nobody is watching.

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

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

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.

I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.

I never wanted to go on stage alone because if you mess up, who can you blame?