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God bless the child that’s got his own.

Billie Holiday

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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Money See World
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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Feeling Improvisation Myself
God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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Believe Blessing God Yourself
Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
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Enough Known Limitation
The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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Basis Feeling Myself Singing
If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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Friendship Myself
If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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Learning Past Point
Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Love Rain Threat Walk
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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Earth Feeling Imitation Music People Reality Work Yourself
I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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Known Myself Sing Song Way
There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
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Business Smile Throw Yourself
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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Love Myself Sing Work
Don’t be in such a hurry.
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Hurry One Liner Patience Time
The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy … it’s sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.
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Feeling Happiness Sadness Yourself
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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Chance Myself Play Work
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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Feeling Life Myself Sing Thinking Way

God bless the child that’s got his own.

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God bless the child that’s got his own.

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