Author: 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

It feels so good to be happy.

It feels so good to be happy.

- Etta James

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

Country music has the great stories.

Country music has the great stories.

- Etta James

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

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

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

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

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