My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always want... by Etta James

My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy.

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It feels so good to be happy. by Etta James

It feels so good to be happy.

feels

I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.

hollywood girl people

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.

tunes song years

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.

records mind said

They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something.

they-said dance want

You know, YOUR President, the one with the big ears-he ain't my President - had that woman singing for him at his Inauguration. She's going to get her [expletive] whooped. How dare Beyonce sing MY song that I been singing forever. Now I'm going to sing it for y'all.

singing forever song

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.

listening want country

I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances. by Etta James

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

shops

Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a pe... by Etta James

Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.

real persons

I figured I could do "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" because I... by Etta James

I figured I could do "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" because I believe it's the truth.

men believe world

Country music has the great stories. by Etta James

Country music has the great stories.

stories country

Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five y... by Etta James

Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.

sitting-down used years

I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm... by Etta James

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

my-favorite care artist

Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about.

riding nice long

My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday. by Etta James

My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.

holiday mother play

A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight.

doctors weight years

Once you lose the weight, you're really anxious to eat healthy. by Etta James

Once you lose the weight, you're really anxious to eat healthy.

anxious healthy weight

I took back my life. by Etta James

I took back my life.

took my-life back life

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage. by Etta James

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

still get go nervous