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I know I’m no glamour girl, and it’s not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I’ve got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.

Ella Fitzgerald

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Give Up Inspirational Passion Try Yourself
Some kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz.’
ELLA FITZGERALD

Children Cute Myself Thinking
You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Myself Romance
It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Count Yourself
Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Herself Listening Sight Voice
I don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Better Myself Sing Talk Wrong
When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Block Distance Herself Place
I’m very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it’s a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it’s because it’s something I love to do.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Different Love Moments Myself People
Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn’t do. She does them.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Herself Human Known Time Voice
When I’m on stage I feel at home
ELLA FITZGERALD

Feeling Home One Liner Stage
What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Desire Feeling Love
She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Fame Herself Sing Time
Every time I look down on this timeless town, whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers, or whether soft be her tears, more and more do I realize that. I love Paris.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Myself Realize Time
Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Myself Place Song Time Travel
I think I do better when I sing.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Better Myself Sing Thinking
A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside. I’m going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do.
ELLA FITZGERALD

Exercise Ideas Myself Refuse Sing Thinking

I know I’m no glamour girl, and it’s not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I’ve got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.

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I know I’m no glamour girl, and it’s not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I’ve got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.

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