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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.

Billie Holiday

Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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Fight Lose Time Win Worst
If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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Friendship Myself
When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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Hear Himself Play Singing Word
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
The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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Difficult Impossible Inspirational Myself Right
I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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Hungry Myself Sing
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
And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
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Fast Growth Poor 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
God bless the child that’s got his own.
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Blessing Children God Independent
You’ve got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body’s sermon on how to behave.
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Body Eat Life Love Yourself
One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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Day Head Lyrics Myself Place
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
Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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Emotion Feeling Love
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 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

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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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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