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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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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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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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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Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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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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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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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You can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling.
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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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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
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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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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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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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