In this country kings or dukes don’t amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so I started calling Lester the President. It got shortened to Pres.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI never sing a song the same way twice.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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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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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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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
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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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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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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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