American - Musician | January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012
Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.
Etta James
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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!
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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.
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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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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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It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.
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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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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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Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.
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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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It feels so good to be happy.
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Once you lose the weight, you're really anxious to eat healthy.
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