Etta James Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
-
Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
-
I was not so interested in night-after-night coverage of Michael Jackson's death or Britney Spears' latest breakdown - topics that were 'breaking news' at the time.
-
Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
-
I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
-
We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.
-
If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
-
From the days of Cain and Abel, we know all too well there will always be evil. But that evil shouldn't take away our freedoms.
-
What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.
-
I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.
-
One of the great things about the sci-fi genre is that you can kind of get away with a bit more when talking politics, making social references or dealing with very hot-button topics because it is sci-fi.
-
I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.
-
I talked to ex-wives of musicians of the '70s for research. They're the funniest people in the world, yet there is this sad, beautiful thing in their eyes that says they've seen more than they could ever possibly tell you.
-
There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion throughout his repertoire that lends itself beautifully to the nature of Henry VIII, definitely. He will push things to the limit, and yet remain in emotional control.
-
I would love to interview Dave Grohl. I just think he's an amazing musician, and I grew up listening to Nirvana, so I have so many questions about that.
-
We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.
-
When you have been just told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand how Anarchists must feel when the bomb goes off too soon.
-
The most dazzling aspect of 'Possession' is Ms. Byatt's canny invention of letters, poems and diaries from the 19th century.
-
I listened to a lot of Marvin Gaye and Motown records.
-
I'm not wed to bitcoin's blockchain. I'm blockchain-agnostic.
-
Death looms large I guess because it should. It's the one thing that we as human beings from birth have a right to. It's the only thing we've really got, and I don't mean to sound bleak about this, but it's a unifying factor amongst us all.
-
As we're starting our investigation, instead of trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together, we found out how bad things really were down there as far as lack of communication between agencies and lack of interest by the people who were running these agencies. Basically, all they want to do is sweep it under the doormat.
-
I'm tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he's not a predator. He doesn't have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain't. I'm tough.
-
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.
