I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years.
BILLIE HOLIDAYDon’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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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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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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Don’t be in such a hurry.
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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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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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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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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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If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music or it isn’t 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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