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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.

Billie Holiday

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Day Head Lyrics Myself Place
Singing songs like ‘The Man I Love’ or ‘Porgy’ is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.
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Love Myself Sing Work
Don’t be in such a hurry.
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Hurry One Liner Patience Time
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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Body Eat Life Love Yourself
I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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Myself Return
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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Appearance Hairs Plantation Yourself
The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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Basis Feeling Myself Singing
If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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Learning Past Point
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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Hard Kill Love Yourself
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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Chance Myself Play Work
God bless the child that’s got his own.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Blessing Children God Independent
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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Country Forget Hell Love Privacy Yourself
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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Feeling Happiness Sadness Yourself
I never sing a song the same way twice.
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Myself Sing Song
Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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Love Rain Threat Walk
Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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Fight Lose Time Win Worst

The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.

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