I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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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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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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Don’t be in such a hurry.
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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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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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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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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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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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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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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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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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