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Ella Fitzgerald

I don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Better Myself Sing Talk Wrong
When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Block Distance Herself Place
I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Myself Steal
Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn’t do. She does them.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Herself Human Known Time Voice
Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Give Up Inspirational Passion Try Yourself
Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today – that’s what it means, it means it was worth all of it.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Day Fans Finding Myself Worth
You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Myself Romance
Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Language Music People Togetherness Universe
I’m very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it’s a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it’s because it’s something I love to do.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Different Love Moments Myself People
Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It’s no big secret. It’s the way I feel.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Be Yourself Fashion Feeling Myself Style
The only thing better than singing is more singing.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Better Music Singing
It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Count Yourself
Some kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz.’
ELLA FITZGERALD

Children Cute Myself Thinking
The fabulous places I’ve been, wonderful things that’ve happened, great people I’ve met ought to make a story.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Greatness Myself People Place See Story
What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Desire Feeling Love
She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Fame Herself Sing Time

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