Etta James

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Birthday:

25 January 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name:

Jamesetta Hawkins

Height:

160 cm

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.

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

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.

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 ...Show more »

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. Show less «

The only time that I am really truly happy - when I feel at my best - is when I am on the stage.

When I perform, what happens is I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am.

[on Beyoncé Knowles, who played her in Cadillac Records (2008)] I can't stand Beyoncé.

[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. P...Show more »

[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. Show less «