Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
BILLIE HOLIDAYThere’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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You can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling.
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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 can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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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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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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy … it’s sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.
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New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.
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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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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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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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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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