American - Musician | January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012
I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.
Etta James
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.
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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 am so happy that I am alive and can walk.
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But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.
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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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