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Etta James Quotes

Etta James quotes

American Musician January 25, 1938

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When I look out at the people and they look at me and they're smiling, then I know that I'm loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems. Etta James
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 had control over an entire album, start to finish. Etta James
Etta James quote: "I took back my life."
I took back my life. Etta James
Etta James quote: "The only time that I am really truly happy - when I feel at my..."
The only time that I am really truly happy - when I feel at my best - is when I'm on the stage. Etta James
Etta James quote: "It feels so good to be happy."
It feels so good to be happy. Etta James
Etta James quote: "I am so happy that I am alive and can walk."
I am so happy that I am alive and can walk. Etta James
Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in the '50s when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together. I would hear him sing every night. Etta James
My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself. Etta James
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 downs, highs and lows, that kind of thing. Etta James
Etta James quote: "Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of..."
Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude. Etta James
When I'm performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five years old, used to sing at church. Or I'm that 15-year-old young lady who wanted to be grown and wanted to sing and couldn't wait to be smokin' a cigarette, you know? Etta James
Etta James quote: "My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a..."
My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. Etta James
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 was let them hear what I had in mind. Etta James
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 worldly and good listening. Etta James
Etta James quote: "I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used..."
I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing. Etta James

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