If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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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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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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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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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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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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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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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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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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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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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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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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