Etta James Quotes

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I've learned to live with my 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

A lot of people think the blues is depressing, but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I'm singing life. People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.

Etta James

You gotta roll with me, Henry,
All right, baby
Roll with me, Henry
Don't mean maybe.

Etta James

Let me tell you now, I've never felt like this before Something's got a hold on me that won't let go I believe I'd die if I only could I feel so strange, but it sure is good.

Etta James

I wanted to be rare, I wanted to be noticed, I wanted to be glamorous, I wanted to be exotic as a Cotton Club chorus girl, and I wanted to be obvious as the most flamboyant hooker on the street. I just wanted to be.

Etta James

The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul.

Etta James

Etta James

Etta James

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Born: January 25, 1938

Died: January 20, 2012 (aged 73)

Bio: Etta James was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel.

Known for:

Tell Mama (1968)
The Best of Etta James (2000)
Blues to the Bone (2004)
Love's Been Rough on Me (1997)
Life, Love & the Blues (1998)

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