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Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude.
Etta James
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Etta James
Age: 73 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 25
Died: 2012
Died: January 20
Jazz Musician
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Jamesetta Hawkins
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My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy.
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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.
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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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When I look out at the people and they look at me and they're smiling, then I know that I'm loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems.
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It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.
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I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.
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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 like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.
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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.
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Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.
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All the things I used to like - cookies, ice cream, gumbo - I don't like anymore.
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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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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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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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My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.
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My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.
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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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I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.
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I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild.
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Johnny 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.
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