And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
BILLIE HOLIDAYThe difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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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 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 never sing a song the same way twice.
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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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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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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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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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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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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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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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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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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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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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