When you sing, always tell the truth.
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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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you’re out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung.
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In this country kings or dukes don’t amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so I started calling Lester the President. It got shortened to Pres.
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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 never sing a song the same way twice.
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A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
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I don’t think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to feel it. Anything I do sing is part of my life.
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You’ve got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body’s sermon on how to behave.
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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my 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 only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.
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