Etta James Quotes
An American blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll, gospel and jazz singer and songwriter.
(1938 - )
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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 lose weight.
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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.
[Blues]
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At the same time I was being given a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
[Achievement]
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Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.
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But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.
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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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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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I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.
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I sing the songs that people need to hear.
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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.
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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.
[Blues]
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I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.
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It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.
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It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.
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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.
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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 know what I'm sorry about. I don't.
[Blues]
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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.
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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.
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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!
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