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

Country music has the great stories.

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

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.

I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good feelings, ups and downs, highs and lows, that kind of thing.

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.