I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
BILLIE HOLIDAYIf I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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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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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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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 is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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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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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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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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Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you – and kill you the long, slow, hard way.
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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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