Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
BILLIE HOLIDAY
One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
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I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years.
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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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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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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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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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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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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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If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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