I never sing a song the same way twice.
BILLIE HOLIDAYDon’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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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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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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People don’t understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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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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And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
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I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.
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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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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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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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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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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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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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