If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
BILLIE HOLIDAYGod bless the child that’s got his own.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
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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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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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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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If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music or it isn’t music.
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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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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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The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows.
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