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And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.

Billie Holiday

I joined Count Basie’s band to make a little money and to see the world. For two years I didn’t see anything but the inside of a Blue Goose bus, and I never got to send home a quarter.
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Money See World
One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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Day Head Lyrics Myself Place
When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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Hear Himself Play Singing Word
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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Chance Myself Play Work
Don’t be in such a hurry.
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Hurry One Liner Patience Time
If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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Learning Past Point
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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Country Forget Hell Love Privacy Yourself
A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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Kiss Love Sex Taste Wasted
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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Clothes Weird World Yourself
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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Hard Kill Love Yourself
I never sing a song the same way twice.
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Myself Sing Song
The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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Basis Feeling Myself Singing
God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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Believe Blessing God Yourself
Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
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Enough Known Limitation
And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
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Fast Growth Poor Yourself
God bless the child that’s got his own.
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Blessing Children God Independent

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