Etta James Quotes About Mothers

Quotes about: Mothers

• 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

  Music, Mother, Song

  FaceBook post by Etta James from Aug 28, 2013

• My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I had learned but I was too busy getting into trouble!

  Etta James

  Mother, Play, Piano

• 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.

  Etta James

  Mother, Pounds, Lost

• My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy.

  Etta James

  Mother, Singers, Jazz

• I really turned into, you know, the real street kid. I was kind of like a runaway, but I had a mother, you know what I mean, and I had a place to stay.

  Etta James

  Mother, Real, Mean

  "Etta James: Still Singing Her Song". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. November 28, 2008.

• My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.

  Etta James

  Mother, Holiday, Play

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