One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
BILLIE HOLIDAYA kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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People don’t understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
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A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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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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I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.
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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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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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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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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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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 sing a song the same way twice.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
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