"I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn’t sell myself out." ― Patti LaBelle Topic(s): Smile More From Patti LaBelle "All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don’t let anybody crush your dream." "When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white – it’s amazing that I’m able to connect with so many different kinds of people." "I truly respect the people who are working. If they want an autograph from Patti LaBelle, they are going to get it. I have never separated myself from them. I never think you are better than the next one." More In Smile "Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you."― Anna Lee "He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites."― Emo Philips "The person that’s always talkin’, you don’t have to worry about that person. The person that while you’re in his face, he’s just lookin’ at you with a smile on his face, that’s the guy you worry about."― Michael Clarke Duncan