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title: "4 Call Quotes By Sharon Jones"
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> [I often call Daptone the Motown and Stax of today. But in some ways, it's different. At Motown, a lot of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-often-call-daptone-the-motown-and-stax-of-today-but-in-some-ways-it/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/sharon-jones-8033_anyone_i-often-call-daptone-the-motown-and-stax_493957.jpg)

> [I'm sitting at home every time there's a Grammy. It's like, 'What is Sharon doing tonight?' I'm sitting home watching it. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-m-sitting-at-home-every-time-there-s-a-grammy-it-s-like-what-is/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/817/sharon-jones-8033_because_i-m-sitting-at-home-every-time-there-s-a_946293.jpg)

> [A lot of people call me gay because they don't see me with anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/a-lot-of-people-call-me-gay-because-they-don-t-see-me-with-anyone/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/sharon-jones-8033_anyone_a-lot-of-people-call-me-gay-because-they_2186429.jpg)

> [I feel like this: When you call me in to do something with you, you must want me to do soul-singing. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-feel-like-this-when-you-call-me-in-to-do-something-with-you-you/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/sharon-jones-8033_ask_i-feel-like-this-when-you-call-me-in-to_2503453.jpg)

## Other authors on Call

## More by Sharon Jones

> [I'm telling the story, and if I can't tell the story, I'm not going to sing it. And if I don't agree with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-m-telling-the-story-and-if-i-can-t-tell-the-story-i-m-not-going-to/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [I miss my hair, but I feel like going out there with some fake braids wouldn't be right. I want to be the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-miss-my-hair-but-i-feel-like-going-out-there-with-some-fake-braids/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [I'm blessed to be in an environment where people are sincere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-m-blessed-to-be-in-an-environment-where-people-are-sincere/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [I'm singing, you know, because I'm happy and I'm free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-m-singing-you-know-because-i-m-happy-and-i-m-free/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [ We chose it's name \[Give the People What They Want\] a while ago, long before the cancer. But I can't think of a more… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/we-chose-it-s-name-give-the-people-what-they-want-a-while-ago-long/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [I really can't wait to dance with Ellen DeGeneres!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-really-can-t-wait-to-dance-with-ellen-degeneres/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [Singing is my life. And when I can do that, that's when I'm free. That's when I'm at my happiest, I'm at my most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/singing-is-my-life-and-when-i-can-do-that-that-s-when-i-m-free-that-s/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [At first, they told me it was just bile-duct cancer, but once they went in, they removed the gallbladder, the head of my pancreas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/at-first-they-told-me-it-was-just-bile-duct-cancer-but-once-they-went/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [Me and the Dap-Kings, the whole band is playing a wedding band in 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/me-and-the-dap-kings-the-whole-band-is-playing-a-wedding-band-in-the/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [People buy my albums, and I love my albums when I do them because we try to record live with that same energy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/people-buy-my-albums-and-i-love-my-albums-when-i-do-them-because-we/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [In Rikers, you had the Italians over here, the Spanish over here, the Blacks here, then there would be your Christians here and your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/in-rikers-you-had-the-italians-over-here-the-spanish-over-here-the/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [I often call Daptone the Motown and Stax of today. But in some ways, it's different. At Motown, a lot of the musicians didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-often-call-daptone-the-motown-and-stax-of-today-but-in-some-ways-it/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [I've got these five-pound weights and a treadmill in the living room. I work out the other parts that have affected my voice: my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-ve-got-these-five-pound-weights-and-a-treadmill-in-the-living-room/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [I chose not to put a wig on. The reason why I chose to come out with the cancer thing is because there's somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-chose-not-to-put-a-wig-on-the-reason-why-i-chose-to-come-out-with/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

> [God's eye is on a sparrow. And I know - oh, yes, I know he watches over me...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/god-s-eye-is-on-a-sparrow-and-i-know-oh-yes-i-know-he-watches-over-me/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

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