The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
BILLIE HOLIDAYSomebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.
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I never sing a song the same way twice.
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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that’s got his own.
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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
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