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Etta James

"They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something."

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"They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something."

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Donna Grant

"Dance on the stage of life with love in your heart, a smile on your face, and a great vision in your mind."

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Donna Grant

"Dance with your own way with your own tune no matter who watches it."

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Donna Grant

"Dance with the waves of sea and sing with the sky,touch the sands with love and let your mind fly high."

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Donna Grant

"I'm working on a screenplay right now for the BBC, but I hope to have the decks cleared soon so I can get into the studio with my pals and put down some more tracks, try to get a strong dance single together."

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Donna Grant

"The real dance is a spontaneous body movement that in harmony with the beats of the music in your heart."

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Donna Grant

"Dance as if you got lost in the mystery and beauty of life."

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Donna Grant

"The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing."

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Donna Grant

"In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff."

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Donna Grant

"It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in traditional Chinese dance, and after working so hard it seemed unfair to just disappear into a group."

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Donna Grant

"The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance."

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Etta James
"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."

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Etta James
"I sing the songs that people need to hear."

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Etta James
"They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something."

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Etta James
"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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Etta James
"I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him."

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Etta James
"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."

Mother

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Etta James
"I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind."

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Etta James
"Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang."

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Etta James
"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."

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Etta James
"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."

Mother

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