Patti LaBelle

Oh, yeah. I tour all the time. A lot of people think that I've stopped singing. I said, oh, no, Google me, honey. I'm on tour a lot.

Oh, yeah. I tour all the time. A lot of people think that I've stopped singing. I said, oh, no, Google me, honey. I'm on tour a lot.

I have no routine to keep my voice in shape.

I have no routine to keep my voice in shape.

No routine. No, not at all.

No routine. No, not at all.

I don't drink tea. No, I don't warm up either. I think I'm a bad person to not do the things that most singers do. I just wake up and I could sing anything. perfectly in the morning at six or seven in the morning. So that's a blessing. And I've never done anything to make this happen. I've never had lessons. I've never... I'm just a whatever I am. Do you have perfect pitch? I have perfect pitch.

I don't drink tea. No, I don't warm up either. I think I'm a bad person to not do the things that most singers do. I just wake up and I could sing anything. perfectly in the morning at six or seven in the morning. So that's a blessing. And I've never done anything to make this happen. I've never had lessons. I've never... I'm just a whatever I am. Do you have perfect pitch? I have perfect pitch.

You do? Uh-huh. Yes. Thank God.

You do? Uh-huh. Yes. Thank God.

I've cooked for so many. Richard Pryor for, of course, the Rolling Stones. Elton John was my piano player back in the day. Yes. And so his band would come to my flat after the shows and we'd play cards for money. And they lost every time. They didn't have any pounds. No pounds, you know. So I won all the pounds and sent them home with Tupperware with food every night.

I've cooked for so many. Richard Pryor for, of course, the Rolling Stones. Elton John was my piano player back in the day. Yes. And so his band would come to my flat after the shows and we'd play cards for money. And they lost every time. They didn't have any pounds. No pounds, you know. So I won all the pounds and sent them home with Tupperware with food every night.

We played because they couldn't afford food. Right. So here's the story with Elton. Tell. So we were buddies, buddies, buddies. And so he called me one night and said, hello, Patty. I'm not going to do his accent because I can't. He said, hello, Patty. I said, yeah. He said, this is me, Elton. No, Reggie. Oh. I said Reggie because he was Reggie Dwight. His band was Bluesology, I think.

We played because they couldn't afford food. Right. So here's the story with Elton. Tell. So we were buddies, buddies, buddies. And so he called me one night and said, hello, Patty. I'm not going to do his accent because I can't. He said, hello, Patty. I said, yeah. He said, this is me, Elton. No, Reggie. Oh. I said Reggie because he was Reggie Dwight. His band was Bluesology, I think.

And he was Reggie at that time. He was not Elton John. Was that he was born Reggie? Was that his birth name? Yes. And so he called me and said, Patty, it's Reggie. I said, oh, hey, Reg. He said, I want you to come to my show tonight. I said, a show? Where? He said, at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. So I said, oh, who are you opening for? Yeah. He said, I'm Elton John now.

And he was Reggie at that time. He was not Elton John. Was that he was born Reggie? Was that his birth name? Yes. And so he called me and said, Patty, it's Reggie. I said, oh, hey, Reg. He said, I want you to come to my show tonight. I said, a show? Where? He said, at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. So I said, oh, who are you opening for? Yeah. He said, I'm Elton John now.

I said, you have a... Did I tell him some bad things? I said, you made it before me, honey. Yes. And it was just a beautiful, beautiful moment. And so later we recorded together in Vegas when he did the Red Piano Show in Vegas. Yes. And we recorded a duet together. And after the song was done, he had taken his rings off. Yes. And I said, so here are your rings, Elton.

I said, you have a... Did I tell him some bad things? I said, you made it before me, honey. Yes. And it was just a beautiful, beautiful moment. And so later we recorded together in Vegas when he did the Red Piano Show in Vegas. Yes. And we recorded a duet together. And after the song was done, he had taken his rings off. Yes. And I said, so here are your rings, Elton.

And he said, no, that's for your Tupperware that you gave me back in the day. So he paid me with a beautiful ring.

And he said, no, that's for your Tupperware that you gave me back in the day. So he paid me with a beautiful ring.