She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person in the world.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhen I’m on stage I feel at home
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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The fabulous places I’ve been, wonderful things that’ve happened, great people I’ve met ought to make a story.
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I think I do better when I sing.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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Some kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz.’
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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.
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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It’s no big secret. It’s the way I feel.
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Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside. I’m going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do.
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I don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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