Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, ‘Oh, baby,’ if there’s a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool. Etta James Read Quote
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. Etta James Read Quote
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. Etta James Read Quote
It’s the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation. Etta James Read Quote
I’m not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing. Etta James Read Quote
I don’t care who’s playing. Even if it’s my favorite artist, I’m probably not gonna go and see him. Etta James Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
