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There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Always Blues Emotional Had Outlet People Singing

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Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.

~Etta James

Topics: About Blues Feeling Know Most Sing Songs Sorry

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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.

~Etta James

Topics: American American Culture American Music Blues Country Culture Gospel Jazz Just Music One Thing Really Rhythm Rock Rock N Roll Roll Show Thing Those Wanna

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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.

~Etta James

Topics: Blues Day Deeper Done Just Men Most Nerve Reaching Realized Started Women

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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

Topics: Baby Better Blues Come Cool Different Discipline Jazz Leave Me Melody Much Oh Open Pause Place Put Real Right Right Place Sing Singing Something Space Than Too Too Much Took Where Which You I Can

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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

Topics: Blues Commercial Country Country Music Good Hip Like Listening Me Music Say Something Very Want Worldly

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I'm not interested in re-creating the same blues I love so much. I'm interested in pushing boundaries.

~Fantastic Negrito

Topics: Blues Boundaries Interested Love Much Not Interested Pushing Same I Love

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I think once I had lived life, once I had failed enough in this lifetime and got back up a thousand times from failing, I really connected to the blues.

~Fantastic Negrito

Topics: Back Back Up Blues Connected Enough Failed Failing Got Had Life Lifetime Lived Once Really Think Thousand Thousand Times Times Up I Think

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Blues purists may hate what I do sometimes because it's a little dirtier.

~Fantastic Negrito

Topics: Because Blues Hate Little May Sometimes

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When I was young, I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it.

~Felix Dennis

Topics: Blues Education Greatest Home Left Singer Time Wanted Wrecked Young

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