"You can't fake this music. You might be……" — Etta James
"You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them."
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Etta James
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61 Quotes by Etta James
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Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't…
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I've gone through so much in my life. I should have been dead a long time ago, but I am…
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When Malcolm X was assassinated I was working at the Apollo. They brought his body to the Unity Funeral Home,…
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A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me…
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My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something…
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I figured I could do 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World,' because I believe it's the truth.
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Country music has the great stories.
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I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.
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I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.
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You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president, he might be yours, he…
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You know, YOUR President, the one with the big ears-he ain’t my President – had that woman singing for him…
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In some ways, it's my rage that keeps me going,
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