The Two Things You Can't Fake Are

A Lot Of People Think The Blues Is Depressing But That's Not The Blues I'm Singing. When I'm Singing Blues, I Singing Life. People Can't Stand To Listen To The Blues, They've Got To Be Phonies.

People Always Say 'etta, You Know What Your Problem Is? You're Neither Fish Nor Fowl. There Is No Place To Rack You.' When I Would Go In A Record Shop, You Might Find One Or Two Records By Me In Different Stacks.

The Only Time That I Am Really Truly Happy—when I Feel At My Best—is When I'm On The Stage.

The Two Things You Can't Fake Are Good Food And Good Music

I'm Not Starry Eyed, And I'm Not Money Crazy.