Etta James Quotes

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

When Malcolm X was assassinated I was working at the Apollo. They brought his body to the Unity Funeral Home, which was around the corner.

I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.

I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.

Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about.

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.

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.

In some ways, it's my rage that keeps me going.

All the things I used to like - cookies, ice cream, gumbo - I don't like anymore.