98 Quotes by Etta James

People that can’t stand to listen to the blues, they’ve got to be phonies.

To me, country music is like the blues, but it’s something very hip and – I don’t want to say commercial – but it’s very worldly and good listening.

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

I don’t care who’s playing. Even if it’s my favorite artist, I’m probably not gonna go and see him.

That’s where it begins and ends for me and these songs were the ones that touched me the deepest. It was like I was laying hold of some part of me that I didn’t even know was there until I let it out.

I like to shop, but I don’t like to go out to dances.

It’s the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

I’m not starry eyed, and I’m not money crazy.

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.