A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.
Etta JamesJohnny 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.
Etta JamesI don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.
Etta JamesAnd 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