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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.

Billie Holiday

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
One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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Day Head Lyrics Myself Place
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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Change Hate Music Myself Sing
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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Children Himself Lose
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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Known Myself Stop Thinking Willing
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
There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
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Business Smile Throw Yourself
I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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Hungry Myself Sing
God bless the child that’s got his own.
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Blessing Children God Independent
If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Friendship Myself
Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Marriage Myself Parents Young
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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Goodness Mindset Thinking Yourself
I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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Known Myself Sing Song Way
Don’t be in such a hurry.
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Hurry One Liner Patience Time
I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Business Hurt Myself
If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Learning Past Point

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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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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