I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI 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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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 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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If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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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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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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If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
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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 be in such a hurry.
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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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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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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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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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