My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy, — Etta James Copy Share Image
It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them. — Etta James Copy Share Image
I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best… — Etta James Copy Share Image
My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your… — Etta James Copy Share Image
“My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your… — Etta James Copy Share Image
I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute. — Etta James Copy Share Image
My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish… — Etta James Copy Share Image
Most of the songs I sing, they have that blue feeling to it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know… — Etta James Copy Share Image
You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing… — Etta James Copy Share Image
That's where it begins and ends for me and these songs were the ones that touched me the deepest. It was like… — Etta James Copy Share Image
You know, YOUR President, the one with the big ears-he ain’t my President – had that woman singing for him at his… — Etta James Copy Share Image
This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of… — Etta James Copy Share Image
When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good… — Etta James Copy Share Image
When I'm performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five years old,… — Etta James Copy Share Image
People always say 'Etta, you know what your problem is? You're neither fish nor fowl. There is no place to rack you.'… — Etta James Copy Share Image
You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president, he might be yours, he ain't my… — Etta James Copy Share Image
Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what… — Etta James Copy Share Image
I’ve learned to live with rage. In some ways, it’s my rage that keeps me going. Without it, I would have been… — Etta James Copy Share Image
I want a Sunday kind of love A love to last past Saturday night And I’d like to know it’s more than love at… — Etta James Copy Share Image
People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies. — Etta James Copy Share Image
My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those… — Etta James Copy Share Image
I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to… — Etta James Copy Share Image
Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang. — Etta James Copy Share Image
What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I… — Etta James Copy Share Image
The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul. — Etta James Copy Share Image
See, I don't like places where people can't dance - don't like clubs or theatres where a bunch of bourgeois people sit around tip,… — Etta James Copy Share Image
That's where it begins and ends for me and these songs were the ones that touched me the deepest. It was like I was… — Etta James Copy Share Image
You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president, he might be yours, he ain't my president. You… — Etta James Copy Share Image
![“You know, YOUR President, the one with the big ears-he ain’t my President – had that woman singing for him at his Inauguration. She’s going to get her [expletive] whooped. How dare Beyonce sing MY song that I been singing forever. Now I’m going to sing it for y’all…” quote by Etta James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/189/etta-james-10990_beyonce_you-know-your-president-the-one-with-the_1933375.jpg)
