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…

— 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…

— Sharon Jones

I'm blessed to be in an environment where people are sincere.

— Sharon Jones

I'm singing, you know, because I'm happy and I'm free.

— 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…

— Sharon Jones

I really can't wait to dance with Ellen DeGeneres!

— 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…

— 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…

— Sharon Jones

Me and the Dap-Kings, the whole band is playing a wedding band in 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'

— Sharon Jones

People buy my albums, and I love my albums when I do them because we try to record live with that same…

— Sharon Jones

In Rikers, you had the Italians over here, the Spanish over here, the Blacks here, then there would be your Christians here…

— 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…

— 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…

— Sharon Jones

I chose not to put a wig on. The reason why I chose to come out with the cancer thing is because…

— Sharon Jones

God's eye is on a sparrow. And I know - oh, yes, I know he watches over me...

— Sharon Jones

Until the '90s, major labels were looking for a certain look. This Sony guy told me I was 'too black, too fat,…

— Sharon Jones

Everything on my body turned real dark. My toes, under my feet, inside my mouth, under my tongue - I just turned…

— Sharon Jones

I just want to give my love to God.

— Sharon Jones

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…

— Sharon Jones

This album [Give the People What They Want] has almost been in the making for almost three years now. When we first…

— Sharon Jones

I'll be staying in touch and keeping my fans and friends updated on my progress. I'm looking forward to getting back on…

— Sharon Jones

I love the smaller clubs. I love the theaters. I love the festivals. There are things I don't like. At certain theaters,…

— Sharon Jones

Not only do I say, get up and get out, I tell the cancer to get up and get out. And if…

— Sharon Jones

I'm not planning on singing too late. Maybe another eight or 10 years is enough before I retire. It would also be…

— Sharon Jones

“going, but that was OK. Good, honest hard work: burying the dead. Took an hour to dig a hole”

— Sharon Jones