Etta James Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I took back my life.”

“It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.”

“Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I really turned into, you know, the real street kid. I was kind of like a runaway, but I had a mother, you know what I mean, and I had a place to stay.”

“People always say 'Etta, you know what your problem is? You're neither fish nor fowl. There is no place to rack you.' When I would go in a record shop, you might find one or two records by me in different stacks.”

“I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.”

“A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight.”

“I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.”