If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI 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.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
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You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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Don’t be in such a hurry.
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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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Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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Singing songs like ‘The Man I Love’ or ‘Porgy’ is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.
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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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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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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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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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