Etta James Quotes

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• They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the…
• And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the…
• All the things I used to like - cookies, ice cream, gumbo - I don't like anymore.
• Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.
• I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.
• I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.
• I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.
• It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.
• Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.
• To me, country music is like the blues, but it's something very hip and - I don't want to say commercial - but it's very…
• I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music…
• When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good feelings, ups and…
• I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do…
• My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I had learned…
• 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 laying…
• This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really…
• At last my love has come along. My lonely days are over and life is like a song.
• But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.
• I took back my life.
• At the same time I was being given a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

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