If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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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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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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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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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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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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I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years.
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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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I never sing a song the same way twice.
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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
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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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