It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.
From Etta James
I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.
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.
I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.
I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.
I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.
But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.
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.
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.
Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.
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