I don’t think I’m singing. I feel like I’m playing a horn, What comes out is what I feel.
BILLIE HOLIDAYDon’t be in such a hurry.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that’s got his own.
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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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Don’t be in such a hurry.
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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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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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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
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A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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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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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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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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If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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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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