Sharon Jones Quotes

United States, Singer
May 4, 1956 – November, 12, 2016.

Sharon Lafaye Jones was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough success relatively late in life, releasing her first record when she was 40 years old. In 2014, Jones was nominated for her first Grammy, in the category Best R&B Album, for Give the People What They Want.

I'm blessed to be in an environment where people are sincere.

Sharon Jones
Music is my happiness, my joy, and when my body wasn't right I couldn't get into my music without being healed, without being healthy.

Sharon Jones
- Music
- Happiness
- Healed
I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs.

Sharon Jones
- Songs
- Alive
- Performing
Singing is my life. And when I can do that, that's when I'm free. That's when I'm at my happiest, I'm at my most.

Sharon Jones
- Life
- Free
- Singing
I'm singing, you know, because I'm happy and I'm free.

Sharon Jones
- Happy
- Free
- Singing
I'm going to keep on keeping on as long as I've got my health and strength, and God gives me that will to do it.

Sharon Jones
- Health
- Strength
- Keep On