Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
BILLIE HOLIDAYDon’t be in such a hurry.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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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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If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music or it isn’t music.
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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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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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All dope can do for you is kill you… the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.
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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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The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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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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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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I don’t think I’m singing. I feel like I’m playing a horn, What comes out is what I feel.
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In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.
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