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 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.

Once you lose the weight, you're really anxious to eat healthy.

I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.

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

I'm not a bourgeois person, never will be.

When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life.