If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
BILLIE HOLIDAYA kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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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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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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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They think they can make fuel from horse manure – now, I don’t know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it’s sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.
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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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People don’t understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
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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 never sing a song the same way twice.
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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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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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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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A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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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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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.
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