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Facts about Etta James

Occup.Musician
FromUSA
BornJanuary 25, 1938
Age86 years

Summary

Etta James is a famous Musician from USA, he/she is 86 years old and still alive, born January 25, 1938.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 29 quotes who is written / told by Etta.

29 Famous quotes by Etta James

Small: My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I h
"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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Small: My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once
"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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Small: My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something
"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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Small: Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I dont know w
"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"
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Small: Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road w
"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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Small: Its the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older gener
"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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Small: Its not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, its 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"
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Small: Im not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me
"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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Small: I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock n roll are all just really one t
"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"
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Small: I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush.
"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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Small: I sing the songs that people need to hear
"I sing the songs that people need to hear"
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Small: I like to shop, but I dont like to go out to dances
"I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances"
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Small: I figured I could do Its A Mans Mans Mans World, because I believe its the truth
"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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Small: I dont care whos playing. Even if its my favorite artist, Im 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"
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Small: I am so happy that I am alive and can walk
"I am so happy that I am alive and can walk"
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Small: But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage
"But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage"
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Small: 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"
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Small: At the same time I was being given a Lifetime Achievement Grammy
"At the same time I was being given a Lifetime Achievement Grammy"
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Small: And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women j
"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"
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Small: A few years ago, I thought, Ill 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"
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Small: You cant fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, thats got n
"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"
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Small: When Im performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five years ol
"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?"
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Small: When I look out at the people and they look at me and theyre smiling, then I know that Im loved. That i
"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"
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Small: What happens is, when I perform, Im somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I reall
"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"
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Small: This is an album of songs that Ive always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of
"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"
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Small: They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say Im still vulgar. Im vulgar bec
"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"
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Small: The only time that I am really truly happy - when I feel at my best - is when Im 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"
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Small: Thats where it begins and ends for me and these songs were the ones that touched me the deepest.
"That's where it begins and ends for me and these songs were the ones that touched me the deepest. It was like I was laying hold of some part of me that I didn't even know was there until I let it out"
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Small: 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"
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