Don’t be in such a hurry.
BILLIE HOLIDAYA kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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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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If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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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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I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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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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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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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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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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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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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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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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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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