The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Etta James
- 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.
- 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.
- The only time that I am really truly happy – when I feel at my best – is when I’m on the stage.
- I don’t care who’s playing. Even if it’s my favorite artist, I’m probably not gonna go and see him.
- 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.
- 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.
- I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild.
- 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.
- I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.
- 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.
Etta James was an iconic American singer whose powerful, soulful voice made her one of the greatest vocalists in music history. Born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938, in Los Angeles, California, she rose to fame in the 1950s after signing with Chess Records.
James became known for her ability to cross musical boundaries, excelling in blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, and rock and roll. Her signature songs include timeless classics such as “At Last,” “I’d Rather Go Blind,” and “Tell Mama.” Despite personal struggles throughout her life, Etta James’ career endured for more than five decades, earning her multiple Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Etta James passed away on January 20, 2012, but her emotionally charged performances and unmistakable voice continue to inspire generations of artists and music lovers worldwide.
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