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.
BILLIE HOLIDAYYou 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.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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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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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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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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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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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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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They think they can make fuel from horse manure – now, I don’t know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it’s sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.
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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.
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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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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 only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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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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