I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
BILLIE HOLIDAYA kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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I never sing a song the same way twice.
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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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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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The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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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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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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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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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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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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A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music or it isn’t music.
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I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.
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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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