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.
ELLA FITZGERALDEvery 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.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside. I’m going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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Some kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz.’
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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today – that’s what it means, it means it was worth all of it.
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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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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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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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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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I think I do better when I sing.
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She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person in the world.
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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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