Famous Quotes

"When I look out at the people and they look at me and they're smiling, then I know that I'm loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems."

Etta James on Smile

More quotes about Smile

• "Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

  Leo Buscaglia on Smile

• "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

  Dr. Seuss on Smile

• "Look back, and smile on perils past."

  Walter Scott on Smile

• "A warm smile is the universal language of kindness."

  William Arthur Ward on Smile

• "A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."

  Phyllis Diller on Smile

More quotes by Etta James

• "Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude."

• "Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in the '50s when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together.I would hear him sing every night."

• "Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, 'Oh, baby,' if there's a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool."

• "Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about."

• "You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them."