Etta James Quotes

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

  Etta James

  Two, Fake, Good Food

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• Mi madre siempre me decía que, aunque una canción se haya hecho mil veces, puedes aportarle algo propio. Me gustaría pensar que lo he hecho.

  Etta James

  Music, Mother, Song

  FaceBook post by Etta James from Aug 28, 2013

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

  Etta James

  Singing, Singing The Blues

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• 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.

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  Deprimente, Pensamiento, Gente

  FaceBook post by Etta James from Sep 21, 2013

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

  Etta James

  Way, Rage

  Etta James, David Ritz (2003). “Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story”, p.264, Da Capo Press

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• 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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  Somewhere Else, Worry, Forget

  FaceBook post by Etta James from Jul 30, 2013

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• 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

  Song, Long Ago, Way

  Etta James, David Ritz (2003). “Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story”, p.264, Da Capo Press

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• La música era trueno y alegría. Relámpagos de felicidad y alabanza, pisotones, gritos de baile, cantos de felicidad desde el alma.

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  Music, Feet, Joy

  Etta James, David Ritz (2003). “Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story”, p.17, Da Capo Press

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

  Etta James

  Amor, Música, Canción

  Song: At Last, Album: At Last!

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• Sienta tan bien ser feliz.

  Etta James

  Se siente

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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.

  Etta James

  Country, Rocks, Rhythm And Blues

  FaceBook post by Etta James from Jun 16, 2012

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• 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.

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  Hurt, Feel Good, Feelings

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• 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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  Song, Fake, Musical

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• 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

  Sunday, Past, Night

  Song: A Sunday Kind of Love, Album: At Last!

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

  Etta James

  Stage, Truly Happy, Feels

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• 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

  Should Have, Long, Gone

  "Etta James' New Lease Of Life", www.sfgate.com. August 22, 2003.

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• You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president, he might be yours, he ain't my president. You know that woman he had singing for him, singing my song - she's gonna get her a- whipped. The great Beyoncé But I can't stand Beyoncé. She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol' president day singing my song that I've been singing forever.

  Etta James

  Song, Waiting, Forever

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

  Etta James

  People, Phony

  "Etta James Dies at 73; Voice Behind ‘At Last’" by Peter Keepnews, www.nytimes.com. January 20, 2012.

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

  Etta James

  Persons, Bourgeois

  "Etta James: 'I was like a punker ... I'd spit in a minute' - a classic interview from the vaults" by Cliff White, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2012.

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• Cuando miro a la gente y me miran y sonríen, entonces sé que me quieren. Ese es el momento en que no tengo preocupaciones, ni problemas.

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  Smile, Worry, People

  FaceBook post by Etta James from Sep 30, 2013

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• Estoy muy contenta de estar viva y poder caminar.

  Etta James

  Alive, Walks, I Am Alive

  "Etta James' New Lease Of Life", www.sfgate.com. August 22, 2003.

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• I sing the songs that people need to hear.

  Etta James

  Song, People, Needs

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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!

  Etta James

  Mother, Play, Piano

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• 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

  Inspiración, Danza, Personas

  "Etta James: 'I was like a punker ... I'd spit in a minute' - a classic interview from the vaults" by Cliff White, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2012.

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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.

  Etta James

  Mother, Pounds, Lost

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