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But even so, I still get nerv...

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

Etta James 80 quotes

The only time that I am reall...

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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It's not about battling the o...

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

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You can't fake this music. Yo...

You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.

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Now I can stand up on the sta...

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

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Most of the songs I sing have...

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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My mother was a jazz fanatic ...

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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Bobby Womack is always very r...

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...

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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Most of the songs I sing, the...

Most of the songs I sing, they have that blue feeling to it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about.

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I don't care who's playing. E...

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 figured I could do 'It's A ...

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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This is an album of songs tha...

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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What happens is, when I perfo...

What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries.

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My mother always wanted me to...

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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Jazz took too much discipline...

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.

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I talked to the record compan...

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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When I'm performing for the p...

When I'm performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five years old, used to sing at church. Or I'm that 15-year-old young lady who wanted to be grown and wanted to sing and couldn't wait to be smokin' a cigarette, you know?

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I'm not starry eyed, and I'm ...

I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.

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They said that Etta James is ...

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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