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Etta James
Birthday:
25 January 1938
Birth Name:
Jamesetta Hawkins
Height:
160 cm
Biography
[on her music] A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.
[on her music] A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.
[on Beyoncé Knowles, who played her in Cadillac Records (2008)] I can't stand Beyoncé.
[on Beyoncé Knowles, who played her in Cadillac Records (2008)] I can't stand Beyoncé.
When I perform, what happens is I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am.
When I perform, what happens is I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am.
The only time that I am really truly happy - when I feel at my best - is when I am on the stage.
The only time that I am really truly happy - when I feel at my best - is when I am on the stage.
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.
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.
Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.
Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.
I figured I could do "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" because I believe it's the truth.
I figured I could do "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" because I believe it's the truth.
Etta James
Etta James was born on January 25, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Jamesetta Hawkins. She was married to Artis Mills. She died on January 20, 2012 in Riverside, California.
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