I know what that tastes like, to be a rock-and-roll star - to have a limousine, to have girls screaming when they see you, girls trying to cut my hair, get a piece of me. But I don't walk around with a concept of myself as a rock-and-roll star, and certainly not as a musician, because I really can't play anything, except primitively.


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PATTI DAVIS
My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stag...
PATTI DAVIS
Callista Gingrich has, I suspect, given Newt's advisers a giant headache. She's a constant p...
PATTI DAVIS
It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.
PATTI DAVIS
So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.
PATTI LABELLE
No one ever saw all of him. It took me nearly four decades to allow my father his shadows, his reser...
PATTI DAVIS
Firstly, though we have to clean this blood up off the tiles before it dries. It is far easier to cl...
PATTI ROBERTS
Even if the Bush Administration had flung open the gates to stem-cell research years ago, we would n...
PATTI DAVIS
Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his b...
PATTI DAVIS
So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for each year. I don't want no di...
PATTI LABELLE
I dated a guy and he liked me but I didn't like him. I went through his wardrobe and cleaned out...
PATTI STANGER
I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Al...
PATTI DAVIS
For the women in California, they're just downtrodden because they're so gorgeous here. Ever...
PATTI STANGER
Women are strong now. Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We'...
PATTI LABELLE
I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure tha...
PATTI PAGE
The CIA created, armed and financed the Contras. My father backed them with everything he had. It wa...
PATTI DAVIS
I always believe a woman should have 5 non-negotiables that she should stick to when attracting a ma...
PATTI STANGER
If I was in a situation where it wasn't working and I had a choice with another man, I'm gon...
PATTI STANGER
The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst....
PATTI DAVIS
Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheime...
PATTI DAVIS
When I was younger, I'd go to the Museum of Television and Radio in New York and watch this beau...
PATTI SCIALFA
Puppies, like all babies, grow up fast. Before long, Gracie was no longer barking at her reflection,...
PATTI DAVIS
It's a tender and complicated dance, watching our parents age. We become protective in ways we n...
PATTI DAVIS
I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,'...
PATTI DAVIS
I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful...
PATTI STANGER
There was such a lack of modern, recognizable role models for a young girl in the 1950s. I mean, ...
PATTI SCIALFA
All my kids play guitar, sing, and dabble with writing.
PATTI SCIALFA
The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.
PATTI LUPONE
All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not g...
PATTI LABELLE
After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country.
PATTI DAVIS
The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.
PATTI LUPONE
A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.
PATTI LABELLE
I've been shut down, run down, talked about, dogged out, but that never stopped me from the bein...
PATTI LABELLE
Taylor Swift dates guys so she can write a breakup song about them. I don't think she's dati...
PATTI STANGER
People were a little leery when I was doing the press for my last album 'Rumble Doll,' yes. ...
PATTI SCIALFA
Gays don't have a lot of testosterone. I'm talking about that they use both sides of their b...
PATTI STANGER
I really do think snacking is the key to dieting. We know if you can steady your blood sugar, then y...
PATTI MILLIGAN
Since I won't get to go into their homes, I really need to see from this journaling what the meal si...
PATTI MILLIGAN
The goal is to get you off soda, off caffeine, and get the kids and all your families involved, too.
PATTI MILLIGAN
The first is to love your liver. Your liver is the big powerhouse to process foods, as well as proce...
PATTI MILLIGAN
What I do know is that traditional gender roles are very real and flipping the norm is difficult for...
PATTI STANGER
I have a great track record, and I have never been sued. If I can't find someone for someone, I ...
PATTI STANGER
Texas governor Rick Perry's wife, Anita, has come out slugging in her glittering leopard-print j...
PATTI DAVIS