I’ve had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn’t work out. I don’t want to dwell on that and I don’t want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I’ve been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I’ve met – that ought to make a story.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhen we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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Every time I look down on this timeless town, whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers, or whether soft be her tears, more and more do I realize that. I love Paris.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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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 know I’m no glamour girl, and it’s not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I’ve got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.
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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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Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn’t do. She does them.
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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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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I’m very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it’s a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it’s because it’s something I love to do.
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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
ELLA FITZGERALD