"What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries."

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Source : FaceBook post by Etta James from Jul 30, 2013

Etta James

#Worry Quotes #Forget Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along.”
“I got caught up on drugs for a few years, I'm off it, I'm very happy, got two kids and a family and everything. And like I said I'm making the underground music, and keeping it real.”
“There will be a meeting of the great powers who will disagree, and the next noise we hear will be the screeching of elevators going up and down from heaven to hell.”
“It's mine - you can't have it. If you want to use it for something, then you have to negotiate with me. I have to agree, I have to understand what I'm getting in return.”
“You shall love. Whether you like it or not.”

Source : "Fictional character: Father Quintana". "To the Wonder", www.imdb.com. 2012.
“I believe that you live on inside the hearts and minds of everyone you've touched while you were here on earth.”
“I love travelling, and most scripts have been written while I have been travelling.”
“I have tried and failed to lead a conventional life. When I try to be like other people, I fall out of bed.”

Source : Marian Engel (1985). “The Tattooed Woman”, Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada

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