The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
BILLIE HOLIDAYNew 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.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you – and kill you the long, slow, hard way.
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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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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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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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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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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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Don’t be in such a hurry.
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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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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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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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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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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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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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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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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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