I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
I was privileged to know the late, great Miss Etta James, and I did get a chance to spend some time with… — Jennifer Holliday Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with Norah Jones and Amy Winehouse, Etta James. I'm really into blues and R&B type of stuff, '90s hip-hop; that's… — Billie Lourd Copy Share Image
I can't sing like Aretha Franklin as much as I wish I could. And I don't sing like Etta James and the… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was listening to Aretha Franklin, Etta James and hip-hop as well as music my parents were listening to,… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I… — Etta James Copy Share Image
But I'm really into old music - bluesy, soulful singers, like Etta James, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin. I wouldn't have minded… — Jessica Sanchez Copy Share Image
What a lady Etta James was. She was the ultimate original. Her voice was breath taking and her songs are reflections we… — Adele Copy Share Image
Playing Etta James in the movie 'Cadillac Records' really changed me. It was a darker character, and I realized that if anything… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
Etta James is my all-time favorite singer. I've said it in every interview, in every story, in every on- and off-camera question.… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
The first songs I learned was 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline and 'At Last' by Etta James. I had been growing up with… — Sabrina Carpenter Copy Share Image
If I love Etta James, it's not just the voice, and it's not just the song, but it's the energy that connects… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really… — Alex Clare Copy Share Image
I really do love bluesy-jazzy music, so I love Etta James, B.B. King and Billie Holiday. I love that they have soul… — Bridgit Mendler Copy Share Image
Etta James takes credit for writing some of the lyrics on 'I'd Rather Go Blind,' which I think are some of the… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
I started with soul music and icons like Aretha Franklin and Etta James and then moved to R&B and artists such as… — Netta Barzilai Copy Share Image
“The band in the ballroom announced the cover of a special request, and after a pause, the woman's voice sang out the… — Mira Jacob Copy Share Image
“A remembrance of what’s impossible to remember. A sixth sense I’ve long guessed is special to those who are born with leftover… — Durga Chew-Bose Copy Share Image
Blues artists now try and stay in a box. Back in the day at all the clubs you would see James Brown,… — Phil Collen Copy Share Image
I don't have Janis as a singing influence that much, but the way I emote with my voice is similar. Probably the… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
“I came up in segregated West Baltimore. I understood black as a culture—as Etta James, jumping the broom, the Electric Slide. I… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
'I'd Rather Go Blind' was a song I did on an album with Joe Bonamassa called 'Don't Explain,' and I've always been… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
