God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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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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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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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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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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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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If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
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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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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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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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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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