Patti LaBelle has been known to kick off her shoes during her live performances, but the singer says the reason she started doing it was practical.

Patti LaBelle, the Godmother of Soul ... she shared. "I tell all the young girls, 'it's all good, when you get to be 80.' ...

Afterwards, Lionel Richie surprised her with a phone call to her favorite singer, Patti LaBelle. Prior to her ... There is a young lady here who has really been 'sanging.' So I want to introduce ...

Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Patti's Good Life The Godmother of Soul is officially 80. Patti LaBelle rang in her milestone birthday with a surprise party on Thursday, May 23, the night before ...

MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images Patti LaBelle knows performances don't always go as planned. After a teleprompter issue led the Godmother of Soul to struggle through a performance of Tina Turner ...