God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI never sing a song the same way twice.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you’re out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung.
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I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.
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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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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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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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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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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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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other 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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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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New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.
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You can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling.
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