There ain't no way I'm going to be droppin' nothing. If I was in my twenties, maybe. But now I try to keep it looking decent. I don't want to expose too much of my bare ass. Sharon Jones More Quotes by Sharon Jones More Quotes From Sharon Jones I never took any kind of vocal lessons or teachings of how to - I never even took piano lessons. And a voice just came to me and said, go play the piano in the church. Sharon Jones voice teaching play I just want to give my love to God. Sharon Jones want giving I remember my sister and I - my big sister would get up on her chair in the kitchen and sing Mary Wells' "What's Easy for Two Is So Hard for One." It was 1966, and I was 10 years old. Sharon Jones big-sister two years I'm lookin' at these Disney characters, these young girls coming out looking like, little whores. Sharon Jones girl littles character I'm coming back to give the people what they want. Sharon Jones want giving people To be honest, I didn't think I would be here for this album [Give the People What They Want]. I thought I was going to die. When the doctor came in by himself and told me I had cancer, it was frightening. He told me he got it and there would be six months of chemo. I really thought people would be promoting my record without me here to enjoy it. But I'm here. Sharon Jones cancer doctors thinking I just want to be able to get onstage and move and move around. Sharon Jones able want moving My goal for these next few years, for the next forever, is to try and keep positive things around me. If somebody is coming at me with negative stuff, just back away from me. Sharon Jones goal forever years Not only do I say, get up and get out, I tell the cancer to get up and get out. And if you don't get up and get out, I'm going to shout you out. And I get to shout. Sharon Jones get-up cancer ifs You know a man can play the part of a saint just so long for a day comes when his true, his true self unfolds. Sharon Jones self play men [I've worked as a guard at Rikers Island] from 1988 to 1990. Sharon Jones islands My fans have written me such kind emails. My management at Daptone helped me heal, too. I'm in a good place. Sharon Jones email fans management I often call Daptone the Motown and Stax of today. But in some ways it's different. At Motown, a lot of the musicians didn't get recognized, music got stolen, and people didn't get paid. Or the label would just throw them a pinch of money for their songs. That is one thing we're not doing. Anything anyone writes here, we get a percentage. Sharon Jones writing song people I really can't wait to dance with Ellen DeGeneres! Sharon Jones waiting As for me, I rarely write a song. But when I do write a song, like "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects," which came to me at three a.m. one morning, on a whim - I get a percentage. Sharon Jones writing song morning When I'm on tour, I don't see these spots as much as I'd like. I'm just in, I perform, then I'm out. I hope to spend years sightseeing, then more years after that. Sharon Jones sightseeing spots years I'm not planning on singing too late. Maybe another eight or 10 years is enough before I retire. It would also be great to revisit all these stunning places around the world where I have toured. Sharon Jones eight singing years I'm blessed to be in an environment where people are sincere. Sharon Jones environment blessed people Youth. The fact that, in the mid-'90s, guys like Lee Fields gave me and all these young people the chance to do backup. I was in my 30s, but some of those guys were still teenagers. Others were 22 and 23 - babies, all of them. Sharon Jones teenager baby people Record designers marvel on that stuff. They go back and look at old covers, then make new ones. Sharon Jones records stuff looks
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