Etta James Quotes

I just love to sing and dance and act. Being on stage is an amazing feeling.

I grew up wanting to entertain.

I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage.

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.

Put me on stage and I'm happy.

Being on stage is what I enjoy.

It is when I am on stage that I feel most comfortable. It is my home. It is the only thing I have known since I was a kid.

I love being on stage. There's nothing better than that feeling; ever since the first time I was on stage, I was like, 'Oh, this is what it means to be fully alive and satisfied.' I don't think anything's as satisfying as a play.

I see myself as an entertainer.

Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.

I was born to be on the stage.

I think my natural home was always the stage.

I'm an entertainer - that's what I do.

I feel like I'm an entertainer.

Probably the most fun thing we do in our lives is getting up on stage.

I figured, 'Why not go into entertainment?' I love entertaining people. I always loved being extra loud.

I was always an entertainer.

I started out in theatre, and there's no better feeling than the adrenaline of being on stage.

I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

The truth is that to enjoy acting one must be an exhibitionist at heart, one must revel in those exposures of the emotions which would be agonizing to a shy or reserved person. All the great actors have been and are exhibitionists.

I'm most at home on the stage.

I mean, I've done musicals, but it's not my best thing.

I started on the stage when I was 13 and I consider the stage my home.

I will do my best to entertain. That's what I am: an entertainer.