That's where it begins and ... by Etta James, an American Musician

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“That's where it begins and ends for me and these songs were the ones that touched me the deepest. It was like I was laying hold of some part of me that I didn't even know was there until I let it out.”

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Name: Etta James

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jan 25, 1938

Profession: Musician

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It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

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I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.

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You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.

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Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in the '50s when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together.I would hear him sing every night.

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My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself.

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