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Etta James Quotes

Etta James quotes

American Musician January 25, 1938

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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 but I was too busy getting into trouble! Etta James
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 nerve. Etta James
I really turned into, you know, the real street kid. I was kind of like a runaway, but I had a mother, you know what I mean, and I had a place to stay. Etta James
Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, 'Oh, baby,' if there's a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool. 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. Etta James
Etta James quote: "Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and..."
Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about. Etta James
Most of the songs I sing, they have that blue feeling to it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. Etta James
Etta James quote: "My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday."
My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday. Etta James
Etta James quote: "Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a..."
Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person. Etta James
Etta James quote: "I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy."
I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy. Etta James
Etta James quote: "Country music has the great stories."
Country music has the great stories. Etta James
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 and that is the American culture. Etta James
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 forget my troubles, my worries. Etta James
Etta James quote: "I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist,..."
I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him. Etta James
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, tip, tipping their fingers. Etta James

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