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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.

Billie Holiday

If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Myself Need Sing
Don’t be in such a hurry.
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Hurry One Liner Patience Time
There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
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Business Smile Throw Yourself
Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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Love Rain Threat Walk
God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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Believe Blessing God Yourself
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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Myself Night Sing Song Stand
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 Myself Sing Work
The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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Fall Myself Reason See
Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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Emotion Feeling Love
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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Clothes Weird World Yourself
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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Feeling Horn Myself Sing Thinking
I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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Known Myself Sing Song Way
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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Body Eat Life Love Yourself
When you sing, always tell the truth.
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Sing Truth Yourself
Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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Fight Lose Time Win Worst
I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Feeling Improvisation Myself

I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.

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