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Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, 'Oh, baby,' if there's a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool.
— Etta James
Tags: discipline, you, me, cool

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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.
— Etta James
Tags: country, me, music, good
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.
— Etta James
Tags: start, always, loved, time
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.
— Etta James
Tags: song, mother, you, me
I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.
— Etta James
Tags: crazy, money
I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild.
— Etta James
Tags: wanted, kid, just, wild
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