And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI don’t think I’m singing. I feel like I’m playing a horn, What comes out is what I feel.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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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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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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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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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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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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If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy … it’s sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.
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You can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling.
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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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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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