Etta James Quotes

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

Smile, Time, Problems

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

Music, Great, History

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.
Etta James

Sorry, Feeling, Blues

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

Good, Mother, Lost

They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something.
Etta James

Said, Dance, Dare

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

Time, Forget, Else

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

Women, Men, Done

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.
Etta James

Before, Nervous, Onstage

I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.
Etta James

Happy, Alive, Walk

I sing the songs that people need to hear.
Etta James

Hear, Songs, Sing

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

Music, Rock, Country

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. I'd like to think I did that.
Etta James

Mother, Done, Song

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

Good, Hurt, Bad

A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight.
Etta James

Help, Thought, Lose

All the things I used to like - cookies, ice cream, gumbo - I don't like anymore.
Etta James

Used, Anymore, Cookies

Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.
Etta James

Music, Real, Person

Country music has the great stories.
Etta James

Music, Great, Country

Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude.
Etta James

Attitude, Child, Comedian

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

Care, Him, Artist

I figured I could do 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World', because I believe it's the truth.
Etta James

I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.
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

Mother, Real, Mean

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

Best, Mind, Said

I took back my life.
Etta James

I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild.
Etta James

Wanted, Kid, Wild

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Nationality: American

Born: January 25, 1938

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