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Etta James Quotes: "Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about."

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 Quotes: "The two things you can't fake are good food and good music"

The two things you can't fake are good food and good music




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

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



Etta James Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "At last my love has come along. My lonely days are over and life is like a song."

At last my love has come along. My lonely days are over and life is like a song.



Etta James Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies."

A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.




Etta James Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I want a Sunday kind of love A love to last past Saturday night And I’d like to know it’s more than love at first sight"

I want a Sunday kind of love A love to last past Saturday night And I’d like to know it’s more than love at first sight



Etta James Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I've gone through so much in my life. I should have been dead a long time ago, but I am still here, and I'm the happiest I've ever been."

I've gone through so much in my life. I should have been dead a long time ago, but I am still here, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.



Etta James Quotes: "People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies."

People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.




Etta James Quotes: "The only time that I am really truly happy—when I feel at my best—is when I'm on the stage."

The only time that I am really truly happy—when I feel at my best—is when I'm on the stage.



Etta James Quotes: "I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul."

The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul.



Etta James Quotes: "I’ve learned to live with rage. In some ways, it’s my rage that keeps me going. Without it, I would have been whipped long ago. With it, I got a lot more songs to sing."

I’ve learned to live with rage. In some ways, it’s my rage that keeps me going. Without it, I would have been whipped long ago. With it, I got a lot more songs to sing.



Etta James Quotes: "It feels so good to be happy."

It feels so good to be happy.



Etta James Quotes: "I'm not a bourgeois person, never will be."

I'm not a bourgeois person, never will be.



Etta James Quotes: "When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life."

When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life.



Etta James Quotes: "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."

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 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."

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 Quotes: "I sing the songs that people need to hear."

I sing the songs that people need to hear.



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

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



Etta James Quotes: "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!"

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them."

It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.



Etta James Quotes: "In some ways, it's my rage that keeps me going."

In some ways, it's my rage that keeps me going.



Etta James Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy."

My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy.



Etta James Quotes: "I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy."

I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.



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

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



Etta James Quotes: "I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute."

I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.



Etta James Quotes: "It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation."

It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.



Etta James Quotes: "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."

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

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 Quotes: "Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude."

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



Etta James Quotes: "When Malcolm X was assassinated I was working at the Apollo. They brought his body to the Unity Funeral Home, which was around the corner."

When Malcolm X was assassinated I was working at the Apollo. They brought his body to the Unity Funeral Home, which was around the corner.



Etta James Quotes: "Once you lose the weight, you're really anxious to eat healthy."

Once you lose the weight, you're really anxious to eat healthy.



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

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



Etta James Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Country music has the great stories."

Country music has the great stories.



Etta James Quotes: "Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang."

Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.



Etta James Quotes: "My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday."

My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.



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

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



Etta James Quotes: "I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances."

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



Etta James Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him."

I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.