Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
BILLIE HOLIDAYSomebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
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I don’t think I’m singing. I feel like I’m playing a horn, What comes out is what I feel.
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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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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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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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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Singing songs like ‘The Man I Love’ or ‘Porgy’ is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.
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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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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’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you – and kill you the long, slow, hard way.
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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 only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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