--- title: "14 Me Quotes By Sharon Jones" description: "14 Me quotes by Sharon Jones. Plus more from Sharon Jones and more Me sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/sharon-jones-8033_body_for-me-music-is-my-joy-it-s-my-happiness_2094451.jpg" --- > [For me, music is my joy. It's my happiness. As long as this medicine, this chemo is in my body, I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/for-me-music-is-my-joy-it-s-my-happiness-as-long-as-this-medicine/) [Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/sharon-jones-8033_body_for-me-music-is-my-joy-it-s-my-happiness_2094451.jpg) > [If I can't pronounce it, I don't want to put it in my body. Everything to me now is organic, natural, right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/if-i-can-t-pronounce-it-i-don-t-want-to-put-it-in-my-body-everything/) [Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/sharon-jones-8033_body_if-i-can-t-pronounce-it-i-don-t-want-to_2304746.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) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/sharon-jones-8033_band_me-and-the-dap-kings-the-whole-band-is-p_414343.jpg) > [The only thing I wanted to accomplish was to finally get recognized by the music industry. If you know the awards, answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/the-only-thing-i-wanted-to-accomplish-was-to-finally-get-recognized/) [Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/sharon-jones-8033_accomplish_the-only-thing-i-wanted-to-accomplish-wa_1439200.jpg) > [I sing this song in church - 'I don't believe He brought me this far to leave me.' I got a feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-sing-this-song-in-church-i-don-t-believe-he-brought-me-this-far-to/) [Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/sharon-jones-8033_believe_i-sing-this-song-in-church-i-don-t-belie_2086392.jpg) > [I think I bring the songs that aren't about me or related to me to life. It's like the song 'How Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-think-i-bring-the-songs-that-aren-t-about-me-or-related-to-me-to/) [Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/sharon-jones-8033_a-good-man_i-think-i-bring-the-songs-that-aren-t-ab_1557186.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) > [At first, they told me it was just bile-duct cancer, but once they went in, they removed the gallbladder, the head of…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/sharon-jones-8033_aggressive_at-first-they-told-me-it-was-just-bile-d_390282.jpg) > [Until the '90s, major labels were looking for a certain look. This Sony guy told me I was 'too black, too fat,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/until-the-90s-major-labels-were-looking-for-a-certain-look-this-sony/) [Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/sharon-jones-8033_back_until-the-90s-major-labels-were-looking_745107.jpg) > [I worked in corrections because they had told me I wasn't going to make it in the music business. You know, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-worked-in-corrections-because-they-had-told-me-i-wasn-t-going-to/) [Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/sharon-jones-8033_am_i-worked-in-corrections-because-they-had_2924875.jpg) > [I was onstage one night and was singing. I hit one note, and I just doubled over. It was like being punched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-was-onstage-one-night-and-was-singing-i-hit-one-note-and-i-just/) [Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/sharon-jones-8033_back_i-was-onstage-one-night-and-was-singing_1662408.jpg) > [As for meat, I'm not going to become vegetarian. I'm telling you that right now. I want me a steak. I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/as-for-meat-i-m-not-going-to-become-vegetarian-i-m-telling-you-that/) [Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/sharon-jones-8033_awhile_as-for-meat-i-m-not-going-to-become-vege_1202645.jpg) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/sharon-jones-8033_agree_i-m-telling-the-story-and-if-i-can-t-tel_93711.jpg) ## Other authors on Me ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/me/sharon-jones/#itemlist", "name": "14 Me Quotes By Sharon Jones", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For me, music is my joy. It's my happiness. 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