Patti LaBelle

They wanted to dress like our outfits. So they got in touch with our designer, Larry Legaspi, and said, we want to have some things like LaBelle. And so he made things for them. It was such a compliment. It was a compliment when Gaga or Madonna, like Sarah Dash wore the beautiful silver breastplates, Madonna wore them. And it was after they saw Sarah with them.

They wanted to dress like our outfits. So they got in touch with our designer, Larry Legaspi, and said, we want to have some things like LaBelle. And so he made things for them. It was such a compliment. It was a compliment when Gaga or Madonna, like Sarah Dash wore the beautiful silver breastplates, Madonna wore them. And it was after they saw Sarah with them.

And it was so many compliments thrown our way because we did it first.

And it was so many compliments thrown our way because we did it first.

Well, thank you. I never saw myself as beautiful. I saw myself as a real woman. Looking the way I look, not wanting to make any difference on my face, but I did. I had a nose job, you know, and that didn't make me any prettier. It just took away some of the nose. But I've learned lately that it doesn't really matter what you look like.

Well, thank you. I never saw myself as beautiful. I saw myself as a real woman. Looking the way I look, not wanting to make any difference on my face, but I did. I had a nose job, you know, and that didn't make me any prettier. It just took away some of the nose. But I've learned lately that it doesn't really matter what you look like.

It doesn't, you know, I dress up and get made up and haired up for the shows because I'm in show business. But if not, I'll be just like right now, I'm not really basically made, made up or haired up. I'm Julia up, you know, so this is kind of kind of quiet.

It doesn't, you know, I dress up and get made up and haired up for the shows because I'm in show business. But if not, I'll be just like right now, I'm not really basically made, made up or haired up. I'm Julia up, you know, so this is kind of kind of quiet.

Because I realize what I am inside. I am a person with a good heart. And makeup and the hair is not going to make me a better person. It's not going to make me a better person. As I've gotten older, I've realized that that does not make me. It doesn't make me. As long as I can sing and perform and make somebody happy, that's good.

Because I realize what I am inside. I am a person with a good heart. And makeup and the hair is not going to make me a better person. It's not going to make me a better person. As I've gotten older, I've realized that that does not make me. It doesn't make me. As long as I can sing and perform and make somebody happy, that's good.

Sometimes I say I could just do it with a pair of jeans, not with a... awesome costume or something because they came to see Patti LaBelle. They didn't come to see the costume, although I'm a dressing drag queen. I do dress up. I do, I do, I do. And it feels good, but I realize that we can't put all that emphasis on how we look all the time.

Sometimes I say I could just do it with a pair of jeans, not with a... awesome costume or something because they came to see Patti LaBelle. They didn't come to see the costume, although I'm a dressing drag queen. I do dress up. I do, I do, I do. And it feels good, but I realize that we can't put all that emphasis on how we look all the time.

Yes.

Yes.

When it happened, it shook my confidence because it happened. It did. It was not knowledge of our group that she was leaving to go with the Supremes. So we were performing in Cleveland, I think, and we were waiting for her to come down. And she never came down, you know, to go to the dressing room. And so... Somehow we found out. I think it was the next night that she had joined the Supremes.

When it happened, it shook my confidence because it happened. It did. It was not knowledge of our group that she was leaving to go with the Supremes. So we were performing in Cleveland, I think, and we were waiting for her to come down. And she never came down, you know, to go to the dressing room. And so... Somehow we found out. I think it was the next night that she had joined the Supremes.

You didn't even find out from her. You just found it out from some other way? We found out at the time. I don't remember exactly how, but it wasn't from Cindy. No, she did not call us. And I just felt so betrayed and just so sad. Sure. And then I thought about it.

You didn't even find out from her. You just found it out from some other way? We found out at the time. I don't remember exactly how, but it wasn't from Cindy. No, she did not call us. And I just felt so betrayed and just so sad. Sure. And then I thought about it.

I said, maybe if I were in her position and one of the best selling female groups asked me to join them, I might have said yes because they were making much more money than we were. Yes. So I kind of understood her reasoning after a while. And then I prayed for her and I said, wish you the best of luck. You know, so I had to take it and I had to not dislike her for that.

I said, maybe if I were in her position and one of the best selling female groups asked me to join them, I might have said yes because they were making much more money than we were. Yes. So I kind of understood her reasoning after a while. And then I prayed for her and I said, wish you the best of luck. You know, so I had to take it and I had to not dislike her for that.