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!
Author: Etta James
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I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.
Author: Etta James
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I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild.
Author: Etta James
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All the things I used to like - cookies, ice cream, gumbo - I don't like anymore.
Author: Etta James
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Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.
Author: Etta James
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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.
Author: Etta James
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It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.
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Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about.
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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.
Author: Etta James
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I figured I could do "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" because I believe it's the truth.