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Etta James Quotes

Etta James quotes about people

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
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: "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
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
People always say 'Etta, you know what your problem is? You're neither fish nor fowl. There is no place to rack you.' When I would go in a record shop, you might find one or two records by me in different stacks. Etta James
Etta James quote: "I sing the songs that people need to hear."
I sing the songs that people need to hear. Etta James
Etta James quote: "It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people..."
It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation. Etta James

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